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STMicroelectronics' ToF Sensing Technology Enables Innovative Social-Distancing Applications
STMicroelectronics announced that its FlightSense Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology has been adopted by Aura Aware, a Dutch startup company to develop a social distance maintaining device for preventing disease transmission. Time-of-Flight sensors transmit photons and then calculate distance to the target based on the time it takes for the reflected photons to be received back by the sensor. Moreover, ranging accuracy is unaffected by surface characteristics of the target, such as clothing color or skin reflectivity, of the target, making FlightSense ideal for helping peopl...
Cost Management as Key for Mini LED Backlight Technology to Beat OLED
Mini LED backlight display, featuring high brightness, contrast, reliability as well as longer lifetime, is regarded as a great competitor to OLED display, which is the current dominant display technology for high end consuming electronics. But higher production cost is still a pain point for Mini LED backlight display. From the viewpoint of the supply chain, driver ICs that control the local dimming zones of Mini LED backlight display could actually be a critical component to help reducing production cost. The increased production cost of Mini LED comes from the ...
Ushio Achieves New SWIR LEDs Record with Its Epitex D-Series
Ushio announced that it has commenced production of the latest high-powered short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) LEDs, which achieves the world's highest output power and efficiency. Low-power chips are mounted in SMT packages and moulded type LEDs; while with 1 mm2 high-powered chips, the SWIR D-Series can be mounted in EDC, SMBB, and TO-66 packages. For the majority of wavelengths, a two-fold improvement of output and efficiency is attained; however, the high-power versions have ramped up their forward current to 1 A and gain a boost of up to four times...
ALLOS Partners KAUST Research Team to Develop High Efficiency InGaN Red Micro LED on Silicon
ALLOS Semiconductors announced its collaboration with Prof. Ohkawa and his team at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for realizing high efficiency nitride-based red LEDs on large diameter silicon substrates. The collaboration will focus on solving fundamental issues like the large lattice mismatch and the quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE) which limit the adoption of red nitride-based LEDs for practical industry usage. In particular, for the emerging field of Micro LED displays there is a strong demand to enable red LEDs on ...
Stabilized InGaN Red Micro LEDs Structure Presented by KAUST
Researchers of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have been working on improve efficiency of red Micro LEDs and they recently announced the achievement of manufacturing stable red Micro LED based on InGaN. (Image: KAUST) A major challenge facing the development of Micro LEDs is to integrate red, green and blue light into a single LED chip. Current RGB LEDs are made by combining two kinds of materials with InGaP red LEDs and InGaN blue and green LEDs. "Creating RGB displays requires the mass transfer...
LG Announces Preliminary 2Q20 Earning Results
LG Electronics released its preliminary earnings results for the second quarter of 2020. The Korean company posted tentative consolidated revenue of KRW 12.8 trillion (US$ 10.64 billion) in the second quarter of 2020 with an operating profit of KRW 493.1 billion (US$ 409.77 billion). (Image: LG) Comparing to the number last year, LG said the sales of 2Q20 is expected to drop by 17.9% and operating income also decreased by 24.4% YoY. Comparing to the previous quarter, 2Q20 revenue would decrease by 13% and operating profit down by 54.76%. In 1Q20, LG bro...
Smart Lighting with Sensors to Secure Safety for People's Office Return
LED applications covering lighting and disinfection have become crucial technologies to support people's safety when COVID-19 is still posing a threat globally. During the pandemic, technology builders continue to enhance applications and create new possibility to leverage the functions of LEDs aiming to provide safer environments for people. Enlighted, a IoT platform provider, added workplace digital contact tracing application to its IoT platform to help employees return safely to manufacturing facilities, pharmaceutical labs, offices and more. The application pr...
MaxLite Provides Updated Information about Its Lawsuit against Jiaxing Super Lighting
MaxLite has filed petitions for inter partes review (IPR) aiming to invalidate the patents of Jiaxing Super Lighting to fight against the Chinese company's accusing of patent infringement. MaxLite provided an update on the status of the pending lawsuit. (Image: MaxLite) In May 2019, Super Lighting filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MaxLite, accusing MaxLite of infringing several Super Lighting's US patents. In response, MaxLite filed petitions for IPR before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Pat...
Milan's Digital Fashion Week Streaming with Samsung's LED Signage on Duomo Cathedral
As COVID-19 sweeping across the world, most large scale activities have been cancelled, rescheduled or moved online. So are the fashion events. Milano Fashion Week is now hosted entirely online from July 14 to 17 and people in the city can see the shows on the large LED signage provided by Samsung hanging on Duomo Cathedral. (Image: Samsung) By moving the showcase online, the organizer of the event, the National Chamber of Italian Fashion and Urban Vision, streaming partner of the Milano Digital Fashion Week, hopes to offer fans of fashion and design a sen...
UVC LED Embedded Disinfecting Face Mask Reaches $1M Fund on Crowdfunding Platform
We have now learned that COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets or surfaces contact of the infected individuals. As a result, wearing mask and intensifying disinfection are considered effective ways to prevent infection. Combining above two solutions, a UVC LED embedded mask was developed and raised more than US$ 1 million on a crowdfunding platform. (Image: UM System) The product, named UVMask, was launched by UM System, a subsidiary of Measure Inc. focusing on optical and bio-technology, on June 25, 2020. According to UM System, UVMask is a reus...
Quanergy Shows How 3D LiDAR Supports Smart People Management Solution for Reopen
LiDAR sensor developer Quanergy Systems shared that its new generation QORTEX People Counter solution can deliver over 98% accuracy from pitch dark or indoor to very bright lighting conditions in full sun light. By combining the system with Quanergy's LiDAR product, a wide range of flow management can be deployed to enhance security and safety in public areas especially at the critical time of reopen. According Quanergy, QORTEX People Counter provides information about the flow and number of people in retail stores, public transportation centers, stadiu...
GE Current and Pointr Partner to Reopen Buildings with IoT Smart Lighting
GE Current and Pointr announced their partnership to leverage the edge of smart lighting based on IoT technology for safe reopens of large buildings. Especially at the time when COVID-19 still post threat to the communities. The smart lighting technology of GE Current combined with Pointr's location-based services developed enhanced space management applications for retailers, warehouses and industrial premises. Through mobile devices, owners of buildings and public areas can understand the precise location of employees and visitors. (Image: GE Current) G...
The Coretec Group Announces Patent Portfolio Expansion Enabling Advanced UV LED Disinfection and Horticulture Lighting Applications
The U.S.-based material supplier Coretec Group who focus on silicon-based materials utilizing Cyclohexasilane (CHS) development announced that it has filed a provisional patent with its CHS derived silicon. The provisional patent notes three LED applications that Coretec believes its CHS technology is suited for. The first application is the ability to create a cost-efficient, high intensity UV LED capable of killing COVID-19 and other microorganisms. As one of the existing challenges of UV LED is the limitation of reaching needed intensity light, C...
Autonomous Vehicle Company Aurora Releases LiDAR Sensor for Its Self-driving Cars
Self-driving technology startup Aurora announced its self-developed LiDAR sensor FirstLight LiDAR last week. The LiDAR sensor was tested on Aurora's test vehicles to help the perception system to see and track objects farther, faster, and with greater precision. (Image: Aurora) Aurora acquired LiDAR company Blackmore last year eyeing the expertise of FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) technology. FMCW LiDAR delivers a constant stream of light and changes the frequency of that light at regular intervals. With the technology, Auro...
Smart Glasses Maker Vuzix Highlights its Growing Patent Portfolio Covering Micro LED Display, Holographic Optics and More
Vuzix, who focusing on smart glasses and AR technology, announced the recent granting of a series of patents and patents pending, focused on wearable computer and AR smart glasses. The company said that its patent portfolio has grown from 90 patents and patents pending to 166 over the last 36 months. Vuzix' patent portfolio encompasses a range of IP including waveguides with holographic optics, laser and Micro LED display integration, fashion forward industrial designs and optics that support low cost single layer waveguides to multilayer large field of view solutions. ...
What's Next for UVC LED While Signify and Osram Add Conventional UV Lamp Product Lines? (Part 2)
People usually only know that UV light is viable to kill bacteria and viruses, but they are not aware of the details about wavelength or ililluminance. For the manufacturers who had planned to end production of conventional lighting, this UVC trend for lamps become a big surprise. Take Signify for example, it is magnifying product categories and lines and invested UV lamp producer, GLA, in Netherland, indicating that the heat of UVC conventional lamp will not fade away in short. As a connector supplier, Amphenol LTW Technology has been collaborating with manufactur...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created severe impacts on the global economics. People around the world are getting used to a new lifestyle in response to the crisis as well. In order to prevent infection, UV technology applications are returning to the center of the industry. UVC, with the wavelengths between 200 – 280 nanometers (nm) and can deactivate bacteria and viruses, is gaining unprecedented attention in particular. In the past few months, the effects of UVC light on coronaviruses have been discussed and reported. LED manufactures also hurriedly devoted to UV...
SemiLEDs Reports FY3Q20 Financial Results
SemiLEDs announced its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2020, ended May 31, 2020. The company posted revenues of US$1.6 million for the third quarter of FY 2020, which increased by 2% comparing to the previous quarter. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was $513 thousand, compared to a gain of $348 thousand in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, or a net loss of $0.14 per diluted share, compared to a net gain of $0.08 per diluted share for the second quarter of fiscal 2020. GAAP gross...
【UPDATE】Everlight and Epileds Wins Patent Lawsuit in Germany
Taiwan based LED packager Everlight and LED chip manufacturer Epileds announced that they won a patent litigation against Seoul Semiconductor in Germany and the Korean company's patent was ruled invalid. On March 14, 2018, the patent litigation strategy alliance of Everlight and Epiled filed a nullity action against Seoul Semiconductor in the German Federal Patent Court. The party claimed that Seoul's Europe patent EP1697983 (German patent DE60341314.5) should be invalid. The patent-in-suit is related to the surface roughness technology of verti...
Instrument Systems Introduces Optical Wafer Testing for Micro LEDs
Instrument Systems of the Konica Minolta Group introduces a camera-based measurement solution for Micro LED wafer testing that generates 2-dimensional, pixel-resolved optical analyses within given cycle times. The LumiTop 4000 has a resolution of 12 MP and can detect the smallest of defects and inhomogeneities on the wafer. Thanks to a 100 mm macro lens, the camera enables fast parallel inline analysis of all Micro LEDs on a wafer at a single test station. Micro LEDs are renowned for being an exacting new display technology. According to the latest definition of L...
Korean Media Doubts Samsung's Plan of Launching Micro LED TV This Year
Samsung plans to debut its Micro LED TV, The Wall, in the second half of 2020. However, TheElec, a Korea electronics industry media, reported that Samsung might not be able to follow its schedule as it has yet begun production necessary component by now. Samsung revealed its Micro LED TV lineup at CES 2020, among which, the 75-inch, 88-inch, 93-inch and 110-inch TVs were anticipated to launch in the market of Europe, North America and the Middle East in 2020. (Image: Samsung) TheElec quoted information from its sources that, at the moment in July,...
New Holding Company of Epistar and Lextar Named ENNOSTAR
Epistar and Lextar, the two LED companies in Taiwan said that they are forming a new holding company via share conversion with the aim to strengthen Micro LED and Mini LED display technology and business. The new holding company is now named ENNOSTAR, revealed Epistar in its announcement following the agreement of both companies. The share conversion ratios of two companies are set at one share of Epistar for 0.5 ordinary share of ENNOSTAR, and one share of Lextar for 0.275 ordinary share. An extra ordinary shareholders meeting and the promoter'...
Daktronics Offers 80 LED Displays in Jordan Capital
US-based LED video display supplier Daktronics announced that it has provided 80 LED display units to a Jordan media service company Seagulls for their city-wide project in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. Of the 80 LED displays provided for this project, 50 featured 2 square meters and 30 featured 8 square meters of digital space. All 80 units employed 3.9 mm line spacing for up-close viewing distances. These units are installed across the city of Amman to share digital advertising messages to passersby. The installation took place between 2019 and 2020. (Imag...
Fluence Expands Global Research on How Light Quality Impact Plant Growth and Crop Quality
Fluence by Osram, the horticulture LED lighting solution provider, announced the expansion of its global photobiology research program, which encompasses studies on multiple vine crops, leafy greens and medical cannabis in the United States, Canada, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Fluence leverages a network of leading research institutions and partners for its program, including Wageningen University & Research (WUR) for tomatoes; Proefstation voor de Groenteteelt (Proefstation) to study cucumbers; Harrow Research and Development Centre for peppers; Th...
ALLOS Semiconductors to Focus on Micro LED and Sells High Power Electronics and RF Business to AZUR SPACE
GaN-on-Si epiwafer expert ALLOS Semiconductor announced that its high power electronics and RF business have been sold to AZUR SPACE, a provider of III-V epitaxy for solar cells. AZUR SPACE will use the acquired technology to expand its III-V epi business into the booming market for GaN-on-Si high power electronics and RF epiwafers. ALLOS Semiconductors will continue its optoelectronics business with the focus on the emerging Micro LED display market. (200 mm GaN-on-Si epiwafer example for HPE application; image: ALLOS) Si...
2020 Micro LED Forum – Opportunities and Challenges for Mass Production of Emerging Display Technologies
Micro LED Forum is going online this year to keep worldwide industry experts updated with the latest developments and market trend of the innovative display technologies Micro LED and Mini LED. Despite that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to suspension and cancellation of many major global business fairs and events, the progresses within the industry and the market never stopped. At the moment of difficulty, LEDinside of TrendForce still integrated the latest technology developments and will share the critical information with the industry online without time and ge...
AMS' Acquisition of Osram Approved by the EU Commission
Since the Austrian sensing company AMS won the bid of Osram in December 2019, it has been a long journey for it to complete the acquisition of the German company. Finally, on July 6, AMS announced that it has received unconditional regulatory approval from the EU commission for the acquisition of Osram and is going to close the takeover on July 9, 2020. As the acquisition announced last year, it was stated that the merger would be subject to antitrust and foreign trade approvals by the EU. In the press release of the EU Commission, the Commission concluded that ...
China Suppliers Bringing Challenges and Opportunities for Mini LED and Micro LED Development
For LED industry players in Taiwan who have been facing stiff competition from China's supply chain and South Korea's monopoly on OLED technologies, creating new business opportunities in Mini LED and Micro LED could be a solution. However, Chinese companies are also rushing into the Mini LED and Micro LED markets with recognition of the growth potential there. At the moment when Micro LED has yet to reach technological maturity, and Mini LED sets to enter a phase of explosive market growth. What are the roles of Chinese companies in the L...
Overview of Latest Micro LED Activities during COVID-19 Crisis
Many major trade fairs and exhibitions for 2020 have been postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, worldwide companies operating in different industries have delayed unveiling their new technologies. However, Micro LED technology developers may have a chance to achieve technological breakthroughs during this time of crisis because of opportunities that lie within this field of innovative display solutions. The first half of 2020 also saw noteworthy activities and events related to the R&D of Micro LED. (Image: AUO) The COVID-19 ...
LeddarTech Acquires Israeli Sensing Software Company VayaVision to Drive Perception Platform for the Automotive and Mobility Market
LeddarTech announced the acquisition of sensor fusion and perception software company VayaVision. Through integration of VayaVision technologies, LeddarTech aims to accelerate time-to-market and reduce customer development costs and risks with a sensor fusion and perception stack that scales from a single sensor to multiple sensor combinations. The Israel-based company, VayaVision, was founded in 2016 by Dr. Nehmadi Youval and Ronny Cohen with expertise in sensor fusion and perception, providing autonomy solutions in the automotive industry addressing use cases from L...


We are back from vacation and while we were away spring officially sprang into action. As in our yard is like a jungle and all of our flowers and plants double and tripled in size since we left just under two weeks ago.
The yard was so out of control I am surprised our neighbors have not started protesting.
Okay...maybe it's not that bad, but still, I am blown away (and loving it) by how alive everything has become.
It really feels like summer is just around the bend - which makes me giddy.
But before summer arrives, I plan on enjoying as many spring afternoons and early evening patio cocktails as possible. It's such a wonderful time when the afternoons are warm and the evenings are crisp - perfect snuggling under the blanket with my boys weather.
Also perfect for bright spring colors (like this top on super sale right now for $20), fresh cut flowers and these adorable denim capris I picked up a J.Crew a few weeks ago.
Can we also chat about these shoes (which btw are on sale right now...)? Is it just me or do these totally remind you of jelly shoes we all (well those of us over 30) had as kids?! Man did I love those. So when I saw these I was immediately drawn to them and snagged them in both gold and brown.
Thankfully they are a leather blend so a bit more classy than jellies...but same overall look and super comfy level.
Cheers to spring weather, patio cocktails and fresh cuts.


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Art Deco Deathmatch: Round One- Chicago Motor Club v. Palmolive
By Kevin Dickert Dec 4, 2012, 9:50am CST
Welcome to Archigames, wherein nominated local buildings of a particular style are matched up in sudden death pairings to decide the most suitable representative of said style. This week it's Art Deco, and the third of four first round pairings is below. Brush up on the nominees, but always defer to your tastes when casting your vote. Polls close tomorrow at noon. Thanks for playing!
Here, here! Another art deco titan has entered the fray, the Chicago Motor Club Building, a lesser known gem. Designed by Holabird & Root, it's tucked away on Wacker, just off Michigan. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1978, with Chicago landmark status granted earlier this year. The 15-story building, vacant for years, has seen better days. Last we heard, plans had been floated to convert it to a boutique hotel. Its engaging limestone facade features a cast-iron surround and is flush with exterior details, including the Chicago Motor Club insignia. Inside, the building's 3-story lobby is adorned by a 29-foot wide mural, designed by John Warner Norton.
Another worthy competitor is the iconic Palmolive Building, also by Holabird & Root. The 37-story tower has quite the storied past, serving as headquarters to Playboy Magazine from 1965 to 1989. Today, its luxe condos are home to a who's who of influential Chicagoans, actor Vince Vaughn among them. Its signature element is the Lindberg Beacon. Originally used to guide airplanes to Midway Airport, it was turned off in 1981 due to complaints from nearby residents. But after a 26-year hiatus, a modified version of the beacon was lit up once again, adding some sparkle to the sky.
·Archigames [Curbed Chicago]
Palmolive Building
159 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611

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Acquisition and renovation of a residential complex of 20 buildings with 193 furnished apartments in Atlanta, Georgia. The complex is located in a green area, close to the highway, and offers a variety of facilities for the residents' enjoyment.
Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, is considered the economic capital of the southeastern U.S., drawing many businesses to the area. The city benefits from positive immigration of over 15% in the last decade, and from a highly developed public school system.


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The Plan » Look at The Plan
"To Create A Mighty Civilization In This Galaxy On A Speck Of Dust Called Planet Earth."
-A SPACE AGE MANIFESTO-
Revolution With A Destiny. Economic Equality Via The Credit System
as envisioned by Chief Little Summer & Warm Night Rain
Revolution for the sake of revolution is an exercise in futility. Never in the history of our world has there been a revolution that had a good, solid, working plan for a system to replace the vacuum created by the demise of the previous tyranny. Even the great American Revolution had only a concept of an idea in which to focus its' future. It was, and still is, a hodge podge of piecemeal emergency ideas intended to satisfy current and random discrepancies. The Constitution was formed on amendments that have continued to be forth coming, and along with a myriad of laws intended to define what the previous generation of Politicians actually meant and intended.
History reveals it hasn't worked. Common sense tells us it can never be revised, implemented or improved to the point where it ever will work. The American Capitalistic System is a vehicle designed to ruin a great people, while systematically rendering our nation, the hemisphere, the world, uninhabitable.
Many Americans, as well as citizens of the world, are ready and anxious to replace this travesty upon the human experience with a system inclined to promote the evolution of the human race – with peace, security, dignity and an inherited pride to pass on to our children. No revolution in our planet's history had such a plan before discontent forced bellicose action. Revolution does indeed produce change. The great change eventually results in another form of the same thing, which inspired the revolution in the first place. The news is the same – it is now happening to different people – there is no real difference.
Why is this always the case? Because the System always remains intact. Elections are a form of revolution. Through their meaningless votes, the people support the Republicans or the Democrats. Each party vehemently supporting their distortion of their interpretation of The System. Politicians come and politicians go, while the embattled System enjoys immortality. Why? Because there has never before been a new and different System presented to the people as a free choice option!
The "isms" have all been tried. None have worked. Hindsight reveals they were all another version of the same thing. The nucleus which supports all "isms" has the undying support of all peoples. Why? What is that common denominator that is intricately threaded through the heart of any "new version" of Government currently on the market?
It is the Savior System! People everywhere want to be taken care of. People will do anything to avoid assuming responsibility for themselves. Religions have taught this. Governments have capitalized upon it. Commerce enslaves us all by deploying it. The people's beliefs in the Savior System are so strong, they are willing to do anything to preserve it. Myth though it is, no sacrifice is too great to keep this fantasy alive. There exists that undying hope/belief that somebody, in the guise of a Savior, will eventually come along and save us from the fate of our future. Meanwhile, we continue down the well trod path of degeneration in a world rapidly becoming unsupportive of life.
Fixing The Current System
It can't be done. Scrap it. Start over – afresh.
The New System
The three pillars of our culture – religions, governments and commerce, all embrace a form of "The Savior System," which is, in every case, a common denominator of its' own. This power that fuels all ambitions is called: Money. The lust for money inspires all peoples to do things which are not always in the best interests of the welfare of the people and to the preservation of our only home – planet Earth. The acquisition of money becomes everyone's personal Savior.
Money is what makes the world go around. Around and around, as it spirals us down into even greater depths of despair. No one ever has enough money to be comfortable for very long. A fickle Savior is this medium of exchange. The acquisition of money excuses any action. Life is not for the joy of living on the gentle flow of evolution through enlightenment. No, life is survival through the competition for the Savior called money. It is this concept which generates our ever tightening spiral into the depths of oblivion.
Are the people strong enough to survive the reversal of this spiral? Centuries of dedicated futility has now placed us on the threshold of urgent, dramatic change. The solution is not a new kind of money, issued by a government or by a banking institution. Money, in all its forms, must be abandoned, completely!
This void must be filled immediately. Chaos is not the goal. A new System, carrying a new concept, shall be waiting in the wings. Enter now the "The Credit System" – for want of a better name. In the spotlight at center stage, The Credit System announces its own birth into the Space Age Revolution.
What are these "Credits?" Are they used like money as units of exchange? No, they are not like money. Yes, they are units of exchange. Credits are unique. They do not physically exist. Therefore they do not look like anything at all.
Credits are issued – not earned. So who issues them? A computer, every month. Who operates the computer? The people via referendum. The Internet can handle this chore quite nicely.
Unlike money, Credits are personalized – your monthly allotment of Credits has your name on them. They cannot be lost, strayed or stolen. Nor can they be accumulated. April Credits cannot be spent in May. Surplus Credits cannot be transferred to another person or institution.
Unlike money, Credits are designated for specific purposes. The computer will not allow the rent Credits to be spent on anything but your rent. Food Credits will only buy food. Beer Credits will only buy beer. Ample monthly Credits for all needs will be automatically issued monthly. By referendum vote, the people shall select an appropriate figure for the computers to use. This can be amended if need be.
One may barter or steal another's monthly purchases, but they must be used, for they cannot be resold – no Credits are designated for such purposes. No Credits are designated for drugs. Drug related crimes cease immediately. Ninety nine percent of all forms of money related crimes instantly cease. Taxes, medical bills, utility bills, all expenses, are automatically paid each month via the computer. Never again will there be a tax form or a bill to deal with!
Who determines who gets how many Credits? Everyone gets exactly the same allotment. The day old baby pays his/her own bills at the hospital, just as the 106 year old pays his/her own bills at the nursing home.
This is Economic Equality – for everyone. This is the revolution. This is the new concept. This is different. The world has never before known anything like this.
Additional Credits, up to 25% of the monthly allotment, can be earned by working. These earned Credits may be applied to any category of the worker's choice. The nature of the job would determine the number of Credits earned. Education would enhance the earning capacity. Certain endeavors could earn more than the 25% top. These additional Credits would be forfeited in order to preserve the Economic Equality Standard for all.
No one works for a living. This concept is dead. One works because one wants to work and enjoys doing that kind of a job. Workaholics and shiftless bums we have with us always. No longer would governments need to create jobs so certain peoples can make a living. Our shiftless ones would no longer "be in the way" of conscientious, productive dedicated workers. And the drones would not be on relief, at the expense of the worker bees.
The need for all forms of government would be downsized, minimized and made all but extinct. People would vote on all issues via their home computer and the people could correct any wrong virtually overnight if they so chose. Bureaucrats would disappear instantly. Lawyers would be nonexistent. Law enforcement would be out by 90%. Courts are obsolete – issues are decided by what the people feel is right considering the circumstances, via their computer from the home. Never again will we be a Nation of laws – produced by lawyers/politicians for the benefit of their own kind.
After the shock of dramatic change has been accepted, the future for ourselves and for posterity is fantastically unlimited. People would retreat from the cities back to the country and nature. The good old days of a simple life with security would be restored. One would have time to do the things he/she always wanted to do. Freedom from fear breeds an atmosphere which would produce freedom from want. Driving a horse and buggy, with a laptop computer by your side, could be the contrast of our future.
This is our option: The Credit System – Economic Equality, which the American People must/need be aware of, before they elect to plunge deeper into the abyss of bloated government and commerce by extermination. It is time for the people to rise up and declare responsibility for themselves. We must become our own Savior!
PROUD NEW FLAGS
The once great Nation known as the United States of America shall, by the consenting will of the people, divide into five separate and independent Nations. Their boundaries shall be such that will allow each sovereign Nation access to an ocean or a gulf.
Each Nation shall embrace their version of the "Credit System" providing each citizen the joy and security of experiencing Economic Equality. People choosing to live in a geographic section shall have control over their own affairs, while not being lawfully influenced by those who live thousands of miles away.
Forms of rail transportation on elevated tracks shall dominate the developing Nations. Needless industry shall close their polluting doors with no negative impact upon the people since no one works for a profit any more. National resources shall gradually restore themselves, even as the buffalo returns.
At the birth of their second child, the mother shall be rendered sterile. The father, whoever he may be, shall be attended to likewise. Through the guidance of their parents, children pay their own way with equal allotment of Credits.
Competition in all physical forms shall be greatly reduced or even abolished. Individual mental competition shall be encouraged. Mental aptitude/maturity will be the only mode of discrimination. Economic Equality surrenders all other conveyances of class discrimination as being neutral.
It is imperative this Plan, accepted or amended, be placed before the American People as an option, as they freely choose their own destiny. The rich and the powerful shall oppose it, as would be expected. The Plan eliminates all losers. The individual has complete control over his/her own destiny. Souls rejoice, while the rich lament. The burden of the financial responsibility to support governments and institutions is transformed into the joy of being free to be permitted to assume responsibility for self and for our environment – as you deem it to be.
The state of evolution of the space age human race demands the plan be accepted. The only alternative is to continue to be herded down our current dismal path of frustration into stagnation and eventual oblivion, while our Souls weep.
Publisher's note: A futuristic historical prophecy of life in North America immediately after the "Revolution" and for half a century thereafter, can be found in the enlightening and entertaining novel "SURVIVING THE FUTURE" By Tekonsha. A glimpse of what life could be like as The Plan is painfully installed in the hearts and minds of the American people. A must on your reading list.
"THE SPIRIT OF THE PLAN"
as envisioned by
Chief Little Summer &Warm Night Rain
Land – Properties
There will be no private ownership of land/real estate.
All land shall become public domain.
Land may be leased\rented by individuals.
Structures are maintained by renter.
Current owners/buyers of property shall not forfeit their home.
Said properties may be inherited by the surviving spouse of that same generation.
Land\properties may not be inherited by children of succeeding generations.
Landlords currently engaged in renting/leasing properties may continue to do so at the rate per person to be decided.
50% of monthly revenue must be spent on maintenance.
Failure to perform within 3 months will result in forfeiture of said properties.
Landlord may receive up to 10% of total personal allotment for his reward for work.
Balance percent is awarded to the state for the express purpose of community maintenance.
Renter may construct new or renovate old structures to enhance his productivity and service.
Approval by community counsel.
Project funded by 40% community fund.
The people of the community own all properties.
By referendum or by representation decisions are made.
The National Counsel shall create a network of elevated railway systems which shall be the prime mover of goods and people across the Nation.
The monorail shall be of prime consideration.
The assemblage shall be no less than 30 feet above natural terrain.
Cantilever arms shall support the rail around mountain sides.
Animal traffic shall not be compromised by railway construction.
When traversing woodlands, the lowest hanging member shall be a minimum of 10 feet above the tallest tree.
Topping trees to meet the specifications shall result in punishment at the discretion of the local populace.
Elevated stations shall be constructed to accommodate the trains, passengers and cargo.
Elevators shall service the loading platform.
Small trucks and buses may be employed for local delivery.
Maintenance of hard surface roads outside the business destined of a community is prohibited.
The use of the automobile is discouraged. All internal combustion engines is discouraged.
The use of horses and wagons to transport people and cargo within a community is encouraged.
Private ownership of horses and carriages is encouraged.
Bicycles are extremely encouraged.
Inter urban roads (existing) are reserved for farm use only.
Bicycles, horses and buggies welcome.
Rural Migration
When feasible, migration from the cities to rural areas is encouraged.
Self supporting rural life-style shall be the ambition of our youth.
Any male or female may produce no more than 2 live births.
Upon the birth of the second child, the male and/or female is appropriately neutered.
Births associated with previous partners are counted.
Multiple births demand instant neutering of both parents.
Failure of new born to survive a live birth does not make the exception.
Using their allotment of credits, new born babies shall pay all of their birthing expenses, medical, hospital, etc. via their own thumbprint.
Parent(s) shall never be liable for any expense contracted by their offspring.
Education of the children shall be in the home and/or in small community/neighborhood gatherings.
Professional teachers may receive up to 10% above the personal monthly allotment of credits.
30 to 50 teachers of excellent high caliber shall be selected from the Nation.
These teachers shall produce video tapes of themselves in the art of teaching their subject.
These tapes and video equipment shall be made available to all homes, with or without children.
Classes shall be held at the convenience of the parents or children.
Grades, completion or graduation shall not exist.
Attendance is recommended but never required.
Students may advance at their own pace.
Tutoring is favored.
Competition in any form is discouraged.
Personal standards are set by the developing individual.
All primary and secondary school houses and buildings shall be abandoned to more productive uses – such as insane asylums.
The public financed support is permanently finished.
Colleges and Universities shall be downsized to the area of subjects of their renowned specialty.
Other by-product educational activities shall be left to video instruction.
Competitive sports shall be gradually abandoned.
Community teams within a community shall be tolerated.
It shall be the prerogative of the employer to examine the perspective employee of his/her academic qualifications to qualify for the position applied for.
These tests are not standard and are peculiar to the needs of the employer.
Any comparison of employees tests is invalid.
The employer shall be entitled to collect a profit adequately enough to allow his business to grow and prosper.
Excess profit shall be held in reserve for future needs.
The employees personal monthly credit income may be increased 15% – 25% depending upon the priority of the product being created.
The employee/worker shall be compensated up to 25% of the universal monthly allotment of Credits depending upon his/her skill and the priority nature of the service rendered.
Earned credits may be directed to any category of the worker's choice.
The rewards for qualifying oneself and working are indeed great.
Self-employment, family business and community endeavors are encouraged.
Large industrial giants shall be prohibited.
Maintenance/repair work shall be encouraged. New construction on a personal level shall be prohibited.
Insurance policies and Insurance companies shall not exist.
In the event of fire or natural disaster, homes would be rebuilt from credits from the general fund. This supply is inexhaustible.
The public at large owns all structures and properties.
An ample monthly allotment is designated for medical care.
Fees are standard. Cannot be altered.
Credits cannot be accumulated.
Medical credits cannot be spent on other things.
Credits allotted by the medical profession must be justified by the National computer and sanctioned by the patient.
Medical care qualified to exceed the monthly allotment is unlimited.
Qualified Doctors would receive up to 25% of regular monthly credit allotment in wages for services rendered.
Lesser qualified medical personnel would be paid accordingly.
Representative Capitalistic Governments will become instantly extinct. Compromise with the Credit System is not compatible.
All Governments will be reduced by 95%, while some will become extinct.
Referendum via the computer/Internet shall govern.
A small staff to monitor and program computers is needed.
No candidates, no elections, no political parties, no republic.
Any citizen may submit a proposal via computer network.
Local; State; National.
Favorable vote of 61.8% majority rules.
Rules/Laws passed/repealed via computer (PHI) network.
Article IX
Since 95% of all crime is money related and since there is no money and since crimes of passion cannot be Police prevented, the existence of any form of law enforcement agency on any level would be ludicrous.
Fear of Government would be eliminated from the minds of men.
National wars would be obsolete since no authority exists to sponsor them.
Article X
Since there are rules and no enforceable laws, the jurisprudence system would forever be abolished.
A budding civilized people would be no longer retarded by lawyers and complex laws.
Misconduct would be attended to at the local level by the attitude of the community and/or the whim of the victim.
Any action by the victim or his representative shall be deemed appropriate and dutifully honored by the community.
The offended party states his case locally on the computer network.
Interested parties may speak, pro or con.
Victim assesses info and elects his course of action, if any.
Recruitment of physical support to intimidate shall be considered a threat to the entire community, warranting extermination.
Article XI
Jails would be opened and their Inmates forced to leave the premises – never to be opened again.
Money oriented crimes could not be recommitted on the Credit System.
Antisocial behavioral people would no longer be protected by the penal system and would be forced to face the citizenry they offended.
Article XII
All forms of taxation shall forever be extinct.
Local state of national domestic projects, agreed upon by the 61.8% majority of the citizenry shall be funded by credits accumulated in the General Fund and as needed, a per capita quota agreed upon by popular referendum vote.
Local projects are funded from the local reserve.
No volunteers allowed on projects. All participants must receive credit compensation.
No future obligation may be contracted.
Article XIII
Pensions-Retirement
Benefits in all forms for all purposes are obsolete.
The allotment of monthly credits is ample to satisfy any persons need regardless of age or circumstances.
The Credit System disallows the need for any form of welfare. Economic Equality prevails.
Article XIV
Utility Bills are paid automatically at a fixed fee that is standard for everyone.
Meters are installed and read electronically.
If allotment is exceeded, the service is shut down until the end of the month.
Utility company has guaranteed fixed monthly income.
Surplus revenue must be used to enhance the service and maintenance thereof.
No profits are derived or distributed.
Utility workers are paid 15% above standard monthly allotment of credits.
Article XV
Any citizen may draw his monthly allotment of a commodity and use that article in any way he/she deems fit.
Including trading any unwanted article to another in exchange for goods/services.
Designated credits will purchase only the goods/articles/services so designated.
Any attempt to alter the spirit of the Credit System by promoting personal gain to thwart Economic Equality shall be met with instant Punishment at the discretion of the local populace.
Article XVI
A three year supply of food and articles shall be kept on reserve in the event of disasters.
Food and other articles refreshed annually on a first in – first out basis.
Local reserves governed by the community.
A goal of independence/self sufficiency is achieved.
Article XVII
Wildlife and Natural Resources
The preservation and protection of all plant and animals in their natural state is mandatory for all citizens.
Wild plant and animals may be taken for a family's immediate and emergency use to sustain survival.
Wildlife (as opposed to domestic) products may never be used to barter in trade for any man-made item.
Wildlife products may be presented as a gift to a neighbor in dire need of sustenance.
Nature crafts are encouraged to be used and taught.
Wild plants and animals use of the land shall take precedence over the desires of humans.
Marauding wild animals may be fenced out of domestic agricultural activities.
No plant or animal may be willfully destroyed for the sake of domestic and private concerns.
The citizens use of deadly force to protect personal interests on public land is prohibited.
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"I'll See Him at His Motor Home When We're Done": Drivers Roar on the Radio in the NASCAR Cup Series Doubleheader at Dover
Aayush Majumdar
The NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader weekend at Dover International Speedway set things up very nicely for the final race before the playoffs. Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick shared the spoils in two exciting races. Meanwhile, the battle for the final playoff spot comes down to the final day. A three-way clash is brewing between Jimmie Johnson, William Byron, and Matt DiBenedetto.
As we know, a NASCAR Cup Series race is never short on exciting moments. That was the case this weekend as well at Dover, which was filled with moments from two races. FOX: NASCAR released the reactions of the drivers and their teams captured on the team radio, during such moments.
Busch's early end, Johnson's near-crash in NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover
Just before the start of the first race at 'Monster Mile', Denny Hamlin's spotter gave him a piece of advice. "Be smart, race the track all day long," the spotter for the No. 11 car said over the radio. Hamlin obliged as was proven at the end of the race. The race saw its first caution and exit as soon as the 7th lap.
Kurt Busch's race came to an end after contact with Erik Jones early on sent him into the wall. "Yeah, we're done. Unbelievable," Busch said on the incident. Jones replied to him, saying, "My bad man, sorry."
Jimmie Johnson had a near-crash with Ryan Preece. He swayed away just in time to avoid what could have been a big incident. The speed at which he was, he could not see Preece. That prompted Johnson to ask his team, "Oh my God, who the **** was that."
Stenhouse Jr. not happy with Joey Logano
The battle between Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. took center-stage and Hamlin secured the win. "Hell yeah, DH. You tamed Miles the Monster. Great work guys," said Hamlin's spotter Chris Lambert.
In Sunday's race, another early incident saw a multi-car wreck. It started with Joey Logano bumping into Ricky Stenhouse Jr. from behind that sent Stenhouse Jr. into the wall. "For what its worth. The No. 22 apologized," Stenhouse Jr's spotter told him. "That doesn't matter to me. I'll see him at his motor home when we're done," Stenhouse Jr. replied.
Harvick saw off challenges from Truex Jr. and Johnson to seal a NASCAR Cup Series win on Sunday.
Tags: Denny HamlinErik JonesJimmie JohnsonJoey LoganoKevin HarvickKurt BuschMartin Truex JrMatt DiBenedettoNASCAR Cup SeriesRicky Stenhouse JrRyan PreeceWilliam Byron


Drawing from over four decades of research data, Dr. John Gottman has been able to categorize couples into five types: Conflict-Avoiding, Validating, Volatile, Hostile, and Hostile-Detached. In his new book Principia Amoris: The New Science of Love, Dr. Gottman uses love equations to explain his findings. The three happy couple types (Conflict-Avoiding, Validating, and Volatile) come from Harold Raush's landmark book Communication, Conflict, and Marriage, in which Raush analyzes interactions between partners to discriminate happily from unhappily married couples. Each type is very different from the others, and each type of couple has its benefits and risks. Of the two unhappy couple types Dr. Gottman identified in his lab, Hostile couples stayed unhappily married, while Hostile-Detached couples eventually divorced. Do you know what type you are?
This is not to denigrate the quality of the areas where they meet and depend on one another. They can be quite connected and caring in those areas of overlap where they are interdependent. While they are minimally emotionally expressive, they maintain a ratio of positive-to-negative affect around 5 to 1. Their SPAFF weighting is not overly positive, but not bad at all. Their interaction is good enough for them.
Almost the exact opposite of conflict avoiders, volatile couples are intensely emotional. During a conflict discussion, they begin persuasion immediately and they stick to it throughout the discussion. Their debating is characterized by a lot of laughter, shared amusement, and humor. They seem to love to debate and argue, but they are not disrespectful and insulting. Their positive-to-negative ratio? 5 to 1. There is a lot of negative affect expressed, including anger and feelings of insecurity, but no contempt. They haven no clear boundaries around their individual worlds, and there is enormous overlap. While they have to argue a great deal about their roles, they emphasize connection and honesty in their communication.
So, why does the hostile-detached couple eventually divorce? Why doesn't the hostile couple? Could it be that the answer has to do with the second phase of love, the establishment of trust phase? The love equations have an explanation: Hostile couples (validator-avoider) regulate their negativity, while hostile-detached (validator-volatile) couples do not. For a deeper understanding, pick up your copy of Principia Amoris today.


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Caratteristiche tecniche
È un esterno sinistro.

Carriera

Club
Ha giocato complessivamente 15 partite nella prima divisione scozzese con la maglia degli .

Nazionale
Nel 2017 ha preso parte con la nazionale Canadese Under-20 al Campionato nordamericano di calcio Under-20.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Sportivi italo-canadesi
Italo-canadesi

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Mindfulness meditation is an intriguing type of meditation and one I've had great pleasure in researching, learning and practicing. Mindfulness meditation can involve breathing practice, mental imagery, awareness of body and mind, and muscle and body relaxation.
But firstly, before you learn how to practice mindfulness meditation you need to understand what mindfulness actually is.
How Do I Learn Mindfulness Meditation?
Mindfulness is the art of being present, of living in the moment.
To be mindful is to pay attention, or to focus, or to hold something in mind. Mindfulness is a shift from automatic, reactive thought, to conscious, directed thought. Mindfulness is a way of learning how to relate directly to your life.
With this in mind you can see how mindfulness is pure grace an energy of belief, of trust and of undeniable faith in life itself.
Mindfulness is a quality of gentle presence. Mindfulness is your capacity to be present with what is going on here and now, without judgment or resistance, without interruption, distractions, or over analysing the moment. It is a willingness to experience without reservation what is happening in your life in the present. Mindfulness is the practice of the ultimate acceptance of who and what you are..today, NOW!
Do you so how powerful that is?
To understand that the past and future can only affect you negatively if you allow it to. You see the past is great if you learn from it, acknowledge your achievements and successes. Enjoy them for there worth in your life without dismissing them as mere notches in your belt, souvenirs, trophies to gleam at but as moments to be cherished and used as references and guides for future paths to be travelled.
Meditation is a technique that relaxes the body quickly and calms the mind. Meditation helps the body and mind work together through posture, by focusing the mind on the body to achieve a relaxed state. Meditation also manages thoughts while controlling the unwanted chatter of the mind.
Practicing mindfulness meditation allows you to turn your awareness to your thoughts, emotions, and to your physical presence. Feeling your bodily sensations and understanding it's signals to better manage it.
By being the observer and not your judgemental self you are able to relax more, stay calm coping better with the stress of confusion, frustration and anger.
When you tend to "focus" your attention on the "negative" past you tend to get depressed or down on yourself if things didn't go to your liking.
When you "live" for the future you tend to get "anxious" about the possibilities that may never ever eventuate.
You suffer, according to Buddhism, not because there's anything inherently wrong with you but simply because you misunderstand the nature of reality.
It's interesting to note that mindfulness has a history stemming from various religions and traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, yoga and meditation practices.
Mindfulness meditation though is an ancient Buddhist practice that has been adopted by our Western culture due to its favourable holistic benefits.
Mindfulness meditation practice is an offshoot of the Vipassana meditation of Buddhism where you are taught to be mindful (aware) of your emotions, thoughts, and how your body feels at any given moment in time.
Mindfulness philosophy is that wherever you focus your awareness, your attention, transformation and healing takes place.
Mindfulness uses breathing and meditation to calm your thoughts and feelings sufficiently enough to allow you to dig deeply within and find your own natural inner healing.
In today's world life is seen as a problem to be solved rather than an experience to be lived. The search for answers takes places from everywhere but within, everywhere but at your own experiencing of life. Life today is thus lived like a yacht without a rudder in rough seas, "lost and disconnected".
Mindfulness is about attention and awareness above all else and meditation is the exact tool that allows you to to go deep within to harness this awareness and attention to better understand who and what you are. To connect to your higher self internally so you can radiate that glow outwardly.
You are comatose to the real you and thus unable to reality for what it truly is.
Meditation helps you wake up from this slumber of routine and unconscious living, thereby making it possible for you to live your life to the full in a world of endless opportunities and possibilities.
Sages, yogis, and Zen masters have been delving down this path for thousands of years, it's the secret to living a true and full life that western society has robbed us of.
Modern society has robbed us of our birthright, the sacred knowledge that they don't want the ordinary folks to know or perfect.
But hopefully the tide is changing and the more people that get on board the greater the world will vibrate and resonate at a frequency we all can enjoy and rejoice in.
If you would only look inwardly for the answers you seek connecting to the greater force around you with your mind through careful and structured self observation, you may just be able to live the life you richly deserve and desire.
Mindfulness has been called the heart of Buddhist meditation.
But for now let's just say, the power of mindfulness lies in its practice and its application.
If mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way, with intention, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.
Then this kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of your "present-moment" reality.
It awakens you to the fact that your life unfolds only in moments at any given time. If you were not fully present for many of those moments, you may not only miss what is most valuable in your life but also fail to realize the endless possibilities and opportunities for growth and transformation.
A lack of awareness of the present moment has more profound implications on a wider sphere creating problems relating to habitual actions and behaviors that stem from deeply ingrained fears and insecurities.
Such problems fester over time and left unattended and unresolved can eventually leave you feeling confused, frustrated, bitter and angry.
Over time this state of mind leads you to lose confidence in yourself and your abilities to redirect your energies in ways that would lead to greater peace and happiness.
Now mindfulness gives you the perfect tool for digging deep within to free yourself of such restraints and conflictions bringing you back into balance and connecting with your higher self and energy.
Mindfulness is a way to take charge of the direction and quality of your own life and everything that surrounds you, your family, friends, the environment you reside in and the larger good of the whole planet and universe.
"The key to this path, which lies at the root of Buddhism, Taoism, and yoga, and which we also find in the works of people like Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman, and in Native American wisdom, is an appreciation for the present moment and the cultivation of an intimate relationship with it through a continual attending to it with care and discernment. It is the direct opposite of taking life for granted." Jon Kabat-Zinn – Mindfulness Meditation For Everyday Life.
Continually ignoring the present moments in favor of past negative events and future possibilities builds this lack of awareness of what is real today, now, in the moment.
This includes a lack of awareness and understanding of your own mind and how it influences your perceptions and your actions. It severely limits your perspective on what it means to be a person and how you are connected to everyone else and to the world around you.
Committing yourself to paying attention in an open way, without falling prey to our own likes and dislikes, opinions and prejudices, projections and expectations, new possibilities open up and you have a chance to free you from the clutches of your unconsciousness. Thus giving you greater control in the here and now, as well as your whole life in general.
So, mindfulness is simply a practical way to be more in touch with the real you through a systematic process of self-observation, self-inquiry, and mindful action.
Our mind is constantly thinking up to 80, 000 thoughts a day and the majority of those thoughts are the "same old same old"…they are re-runs of the previous day's thoughts, the one before that and the one before that…over and over again.
We tend to be particularly unaware that we are thinking virtually all the time. It is tiring and mentally draining trying to block those constant stream of thoughts flowing through your mind leaving you little space or time for inner peace and reflection.
Thus, the result is that you do things automatically, impulsively without awareness, deeper thought or reflection. You end up in a whirlwind of hurt and anguish without control confused, frustrated and angry with life, with the world.
Through meditation you are able to release yourself from this anguish and torment. You become an observer listening to the noise, learning from it and then using the energy generated to guide you opposed to destroying you.
This energy doesn't come without effort though it takes commitment and discipline to do. This effort to harvest your ability to be in the present moment is the result of your daily meditation practice.
In order to seize moments that make a difference in your life is to pay attention to them. This is how you nurture mindfulness by staying awake to the moment. Mindfulness is about being in control of what you are doing. Staying in the moment is to avoid the trap of living life in a zombie unconscious state, a state in autopilot.
Lapses of being aware of the moment is common and hence a trap to avoid but difficult in times when you are unhappy with what is happening at that particular moment in time.
So what can you do to keep yourself in a present state?
Have something you can focus your attention to. Something you can anchor your mind to the present moment and to guide you back when the mind wanders.
This is where your breathing plays a pivotal role. It becomes your best friend and ally. Focusing on your breathing, allows your remain present in the moment, in the here and now.
Your breath helps you seize your moments. Something as basic as your breath reflects how you feel about yourself, as well as how you relate to the world around you.
Your breathing is ever present, with you every step of the way, continuously in the moment…with you.
To use your breathing to nurture mindfulness, just vibrate with it. Breath in and feel it, feel you breath entering you, be part of it, similarly when breathing out feel your breath leaving you.
Just feel your breath, knowing that you are breathing, without forcing it or trying to control it. Don't think about it, or gain something special from it just breath and enjoy it, feel it, become it, without wondering whether or not you are doing it right or not.
Just work on a breath by breath, moment to moment mantra.
Don't even pressure yourself to a time frame, because using the breath to bring you back to the present moment takes no time at all, only a shift in focus and attention.
Through meditation you begin to see things for what they are, you gain clarity, you see things a lot clearer. Meditation isn't about feeling a certain way but rather about the way you feel. It's not about making the mind empty or still, although stillness is taken to another level with meditation practice and can be nurtured even further with consistency of doing.
But more than anything else meditation is about letting your mind be natural, being itself and knowing what it is in the present moment. Connecting with it on an intimate level.
Meditation isn't about journeying somewhere else, but allowing yourself to be where you already are.
Thee magic behind meditation is that it is possible to rely on the practice itself to guide you through the maze. It will keep you on the straight and narrow even through the ups and especially through the downs.
Meditation reminds you of your options to look for positives in any negative.
It is a guide to your development, a blueprint to the genius within, the real, loveable you. It bypasses the past for what it is…the past!
However, yes there is a but, for meditation to work for you…YOU need to do the work.
You must be willing to endure the hardships, the darkness and the despair when they occur and challenge them, tackle them head on over and over again until they are beaten and they disappear.
And when they come back face them all over again with all your might and determination until the light at the end of the tunnel shines brightly…on you, again!
Don't run away from hardship and despair but embrace them as challenges to learn and grow from. Avoid the temptation to numb your mind and escape reality for the moment only to deal with it eventually anyway.
When you practice mindfulness meditation you are actually acknowledging that at this moment you are present with life and all its glory.
"The path unfolds in this moment and in every moment while we are alive." Jon Kabat-Zinn – Mindfulness Meditation For Everyday Life.
It is a WAY of being, a WAY of living, a WAY of listening, a WAY connecting with your inner genius and the universal energy source that guides you through thick and thin.
This may mean giving up some self-control and admitting that at certain times in life you really have little to no idea what you are doing, what's going on or where you're headed.
It is in times like this understanding and acknowledging that you could well be lost for the moment that the answers come flowing to you.
Understand awareness isn't the same as thought.
Mindfulness goes beyond thinking, though thinking is part of the process a very big and powerful part of the whole process.
Awareness is more the observer, the "outsider looking in" helping you to see and know your thoughts as thoughts rather than have them control you and your true reality.
The thinking mind is severely fragmented and bias most of the time. You tend to only see things from your own perspective which can blind you from reality itself.
This is just the way thoughts are, awareness on the other hand derives from your conscious reasoning taken moment by moment and can assist you to see the bigger picture rather than just a tunnelled view on things and the world.
Meditation does not try to change your thinking or your perception, through added thinking. It is more about observing the thought itself. By observing your thoughts you remain detached from them stopping you from being drawn in or sucked into them allowing you to learn a profound and liberating lesson about thinking itself.
This allows you to break free of the incessant repetitive thoughts you have on a daily basis that can eventually do your head in…yes!
Most times these repetitive thoughts we have each and everyday are narrow, false, self-protracted, habitual, poisoning and down right destructive.
In your daily mindfulness meditation practice, minus any guided meditation script, meditation music or the like, see if you can detect the very first urge you get to quit the session and any others that may follow. Grow stronger against these urges and plough throw them.
As you observe each urge, breathe with it for a few moments and challenge the urge that you will beat it. Tell it aloud that "you won't be beaten".
Observe deeper to why these urges are popping up. Is it fatigue, boredom, pain, impatience, or are you just getting the urges to stop the meditation session.
Whatever the case, rather than stopping your meditation practice abruptly, push through a little longer and explore what happens, each time convince yourself to push through just that little bit longer and observe the urges to quit or stop.
Breathe through each urge to stop, check your meditation posture, get comfortable and push through focusing on the moment by moment awareness of your breath.
Practicing like this can increase mindfulness in many different situations that involves closing or ending something and moving on to something else in your life.
It can be as simple and brief as being in touch with closing a door that was open for a little too long, or as complicated and painful as ending a whole chapter in your life.
Closing a door or a chapter mindfully activates and deepens your sensitivity, your ability to be in touch with your moments eliminating the habitual unconscious behavior.
Now it 's up to you, your choice…simply, to do or not to do!!!


First of all, sorry if this is in the wrong sub. Please move as necessary.
Second, I'm a noob. Sorry also if I describe something incorrectly, or otherwise put my foot in my mouth.
I recently decided to build a new MAME cab using LaunchBox as a front end.
I'm trying to import a MAME 0.178 ROM collection and I have LaunchBox configured with my EmuMovies account to download pics and videos.
During the course of the import, I get many errors all similar to "could not download from http://api.gamesdbase.com/[file name] for [game name]. The remote server returned an error: 404 Not Found".
I've attached a screenshot showing some of the errors during the import process. By the end, there are around 6000 errors.
An admin at the LaunchBox forums tells me that api.gamesdbase.com is for EmuMovies. He suggests that you guys might be having an issue.
I just wanted to check if that was the case.
I found another thread on the LaunchBox forums where someone else had the same issue and the consensus was that it was because he was using a free account and had reached his daily maximum.
I have a premium EmuMovies account. I double checked and found the PayPal receipt from 2014 for a lifetime subscription.
I'm wondering if maybe my issue is due to the API database not knowing that I have a premium account.
Is there something I need to do to activate my account for the API?
Otherwise, is there any other advice you can provide for this issue?
I responded to your support request and am looking into this.
Thank you, I'll try again. And if I run into further issues I'll try the sync tool.
I'm sorry I thought you were the one that Jason and I were working with. Well same problem and the issue was the external. So if you are also using an external drive then that's what it is.
I too am having this problem at the moment. I am going to see if it is my HDD.
When I change the paths and scrape files to my intrnal hdd rather than my external... the videos from here still show 404. I do not have any virus defenders or firewalls running.
No global issues right now with the system, are you running direct from modem or through a router? Routers have built in firewalls. Just going off things I've seen in the past here. Have you tried the official Emumovies app? Different pc? Flushing DNS?
I have tried emu movies sync with same result. I am tethering my cell phone to my laptop (excellent speed) with pdanet. This may be a problem. I have no other internet source atm.
Oh, ok I need to add that to the faq, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the service has never tested working on a cell network :( I don't know what it is exactly but Verizon and AT&T definitely block it. Not sure about the other carriers.
It works on T-Mobile, but confirmed not working on AT&T.
Is there any way around this? AT&T is my only viable option right now - T-Mobile is very slow in my current location. Would a VPN work?
I think we have a lead on a fix for this but the developer is on vacation. I will announce when/if we get a fix posted.
I just signed up as a new member for a year a few minutes ago. I, unfortunately use a 4g modem via ATT, and I am getting nothing using the Sync app accept for retry, retry, retry. The only thing I got was a couple txt files that were created locally (have.txt & missing.txt).
I have been battling issues with both Sprint and ATT using a hotspot (sprint) and a 4G modem (ATT). The problem is the cell carriers are using a NAT that blocks all incoming web requests, I.E. I can't connect from the outside world back into my local network when trying to use things like a Plex media server, IFFTT, host local websites, and any voice commands used by Google Home or Alexa that uses any type of web request or webhook.
In my case, I live in AL, but the world thinks I am in Atlanta, GA. When I try to access things from the outside world, it hits the NAT in Atlanta and gets blocked and never reaches the "so called public IP address" that the NAT is assigning me in GA.
I would be more than happy to help with any testing if needed.
Well pretty much wasted nearly 6 weeks of my paid membership with time out errors, i ended up having to remove my login in LB, the times outs were horrendous, even using the EmuSync pretty much the same exact thing. I've tried pretty much everything i can this end, VPN, different connections, still masses of timeouts.
While i know issues can arise like this, and running a popular website is a full time job, i feel that emumovies has become pretty unstable and near unusable for me at least in the last two months. Which is a shame as i had pretty much no issues before everything got changed around.
I do hope @Circo you get this sorted out m8, i want to continue supporting this site, but at the moment its hard to justify going for another year.
Did you submit a support ticket and do you use a cell service to connect? This whole thread is about LTE users. If you have something else going on that is what the member support system is for.
Last night I found a temporary solution for my 4G LTE issue with ATT (working for me), and it does relate with the VPN issue you mentioned above.
Yesterday I got a 3 day trial and connected to interent using AirVPN and their portable client software (Edie). Of course speeds are not the greatest using a VPN, but the sync program worked like a charm. Disconnected from VPN and boom, back to retry, retry, retry.
I have an account with PIA, but haven't used them in months, I might try installing their software on the PC and see how it does in the next day or so. I will try to update with results.
UPDATE: I never tried PIA, just purchased AirVPN. Their portable version works much better for me and my current setup. Also, using AirVPN got Launchbox to work correct again when it has account info for EmuMovies in it (no more 404 errors).
Can you give it another test without vpn?
@Circo: Its working awesome. I tested the Sync program, it works great, as well as downloading meta & media via Launchbox v8.4.
So much faster than using a VPN, thank you, thank you, thank for whom ever corrected this.


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Tag: radiation
Fukushima: "An Ongoing Global Radiological Catastrophe". "A Huge Coverup". Dr. Helen Caldicot
21 March 2019 — Global Research
Transcript of 8th anniversary interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott
By Dr. Helen Caldicott and Michael Welch
The eight year anniversary of the triple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility passed mostly without comment in mainstream media circles. In spite of ongoing radiological contamination that will continue to spread and threaten human health for lifetimes to come, other stories dominate the international news cycle. The climate change conundrum, serious though it may be, seemingly crowds out all other clear and present environmental hazards.
Japanese government misleading UN on impact of Fukushima fallout on children, decontamination workers
8 March 2019 — Greenpeace International
Tokyo, Japan – The Japanese government is deliberately misleading United Nations human rights bodies and experts over the ongoing nuclear crisis in areas of Fukushima, according to a new investigation released by Greenpeace Japan today.[1]
5G Dangers, 5th Generation Wireless Technology. Health and Environmental Impacts
18 December 2018 — Electromagnetic Sense Ireland
Scientists and doctors have already warned of serious health effects of 5G Technology for human health and the environment
This first EU 5G Appeal was initially submitted in September 2017 to the European Commission demanding a moratorium on the increase of cell antennas for planned 5G expansion. Concerns over health effects from higher radiation exposure include potential neurological impacts, infertility, and cancer.
A Dying Race Couldn't Influence The Defense Of Western Civilization
22 October 2018 — Oriental Review
The campaign against the military use of nuclear technology never lets up, even for a single day. The opponents of those deadly warheads have made a lot of progress: bans have been put in place against tests in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space. In general, the number of nuclear detonations has dropped significantly since the era of the Cold War.
The Wifi Alliance, Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: 5G Wireless By Renee Parsons
6 July 2018 — Global Research
Just as any new technology claims to offer the most advanced development; that their definition of progress will cure society's ills or make life easier by eliminating the drudgery of antiquated appliances, the Wifi Alliance was organized as a worldwide wireless network to connect 'everyone and everything, everywhere" as it promised "improvements to nearly every aspect of daily life."
SNAFUkushima: Updating Meltdowns, Still FUBAR and Deteriorating By William Boardman
31 May 2014 — Dissident Voice
Fallout from Fukushima? A re-make of Godzilla! That's the good news
There's not much new to say about Fukushima. It remains an out of control disaster with as yet unmeasurable dimensions that continue to expand. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that everything new about Fukushima is just the same-old same-old getting worse at an uneven and unpredictable rate. Either way, it's not good and, while it's worse in degree, it's not yet apparently worse in kind, so that's one reason you don't hear that much about it in the news these days.
Fukushima Didn't Just Suffer 3 Meltdowns … It Also Suffered Melt-THROUGHS and Melt-OUTS
25 April 2014 — WashingtonsBlog
The Nuclear Core Has Finally Been Found … Scattered All Over Japan
We reported in May 2011 that authorities knew – within days or weeks – that all 3 active Fukushima nuclear reactors had melted down, but covered up that fact for months.
3 years on: Contaminated Fukushima water may be dumped as problems mount
111 March 2014 — RT
Contaminated water at the battered Fukushima plant has taken precedence over everything else. As the larger cleanup effort continues and storage space for the water is rapidly running out, scientists suggest dumping it into the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading →
Nuclear regulators misled the media after Fukushima, emails show
10 March 2014 — RT
On Monday this week — one day shy of the third anniversary of the Fukushima meltdown — NBC published emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act that for the first time exposes on a major scale the efforts that NRC officials undertook in order to diminish the severity of the event in the hours and days after it began to unfold. Continue reading →
60th Anniversary of Castle BRAVO Nuclear Test, the Worst Nuclear Test in U.S. History
28 February 2014 — National Security Archive
Blast Had Far Greater Explosive Yield than Expected, Equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshimas
Fallout from the Test Contaminated the Marshall Islands and Japanese Fishermen on the Fortunate Dragon (Fukuryu Maru)
US Navy Knew that "Major Radiation Hits" from Fukushima Dangerously Contaminated the USS Reagan By Harvey Wasserman
27 February 2014 — ecowatch.com
A stunning new report indicates the U.S. Navy knew that sailors from the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan took major radiation hits from the Fukushima atomic power plant after its meltdowns and explosions nearly three years ago.
If true, the revelations cast new light on the $1 billion lawsuit filed by the sailors against Tokyo Electric Power. Many of the sailors are already suffering devastating health impacts, but are being stonewalled by Tepco and the Navy.The Reagan had joined several other U.S. ships in Operation Tomodachi ("Friendship") to aid victims of the March 11, 2011 quake and tsunami. Photographic evidence and first-person testimony confirms that on March 12, 2011 the ship was within two miles of FukushimaDai'ichi as the reactors there began to melt and explode.
Contamination of USS Ronald Reagan Potentially a Big Deal for Japan as well as US
6 February 2014 — China Matters
[Update: In 2013, Japan Focus published two superb pieces by investigative reporter Roger Witherspoon on the US military's response to radioactive contamination during Operation Tomodachi: http://japanfocus.org/-Roger-Witherspoon/3918 & http://japanfocus.org/-Roger-Witherspoon/3919. His interviews with servicemen and women who served on the Reagan–and in many other locations and capacities during the relief operation, describe the harrowing circumstances of trying, sometimes unsuccessfully, to predict and dodge the Fukushima plume and deal with onboard contamination of people as well as equipment. Witherspoon's account begs the question of why the Department of Defense saw fit to discontinue the Todomachi Medical Registry, which would have established baseline data for exposed personnel and monitored them for health problems. CH 2/5/14]
1,400 Sue General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi for Fukushima Disaster
1 February 2014 — WashingtonsBlog
Will the Builders of Unsafe Nuclear Reactors Finally Face Scrutiny?
We've previously noted that General Electric should be held partially responsible for the Fukushima reactor because General Electric knew that its reactors were unsafe: Continue reading →
Fukushima Fish Story By William Boardman
15 January 2014 — Reader Supported News
Reassuring the public about something dangerous is tricky
It's true that the most intensely radioactive part of the Pacific Ocean currently is the area closest to Fukushima, Japan, where the destroyed nuclear power plant continuously adds to the radiation burden in the aquatic food chain. It's equally true – and somewhat less scary – that Fukushima is but the most recent, best known source of radioactive pollution in a body of water that had a natural, low level of radioactivity long before any human started making it worse.
U.S. Human Radiation Experiments Covered up by Public Broadcasting By William Boardman
The bomb will not start a chain reaction in the water, converting it all to gas and letting all the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom. It will not blow out the bottom of the sea and let all the water run down the hole. It will not destroy gravity. I am not an atomic playboy. – Vice Admiral William P. Blandy, Bikini bomb test commander, July 25, 1946
Fukushima, a Global Conspiracy of Denial By William Boardman
3 January 2014 — Reader Supported News
Does anyone in authority anywhere tell the truth about Fukushima?
If there is any government or non-government authority in the world that is addressing the disaster at Fukushima openly, directly, honestly, and effectively, it's not apparent to the outside observer what entity that might be.
Wave of Radiation from Fukushima Will Be 10 Times Bigger than All of the Radiation from Nuclear Tests Combined
22 December 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
Putting Fukushima In Perspective
There was no background radioactive cesium before above-ground nuclear testing and nuclear accidents started.
U.S. Navy Sailors Sue TEPCO over Cluster-Fukushima Snafu By William Boardman
22 December 2013 — Reader Supported News
"Why has this not made national headlines??? The Aircraft Carrier Ronald Reagan is nuclear powered. Radiation detection equipment did not pick up on this?? Why have these sailors and marines medical records been removed from permanent tracking. Criminal implications galore. This should be all over mainstream media. Someone please forward all these ene reports to the media…. Tepco is the lowest of snakes. Hari Kari for the lot of em!!" Continue reading →
General Electric Knew Its Reactor Design Was Unsafe … So Why Isn't GE Getting Any Heat for Fukushima?
GE Engineers and American Government Officials Warned of Dangerous Nuclear Design
Fukushima Testimony: "We are being Used as the World's first Human Guinea-pigs"
9 December 2013 — The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 49, No. 2
A Statement by one of those who lost their homeland to the Fukushima nuclear disaster
The Rage of Exile: In the Wake of Fukushima
Shoji Masahiko; translated and introduced by Tom Gill


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