text:
← What's Your Opinion Of Psychic Vampires Or Energy Thieves?
Holiday Gift Ideas for Virgo 2020 →
Building Up Hate
Posted on November 12, 2020 by ElsaNovember 12, 2020
Nobody wants to be seen as "hateful", especially in this era. You might say you have no hate in your heart. You may feel the people around you do?
You have no hate, you have no hate, you have no hate. Further, you have no hate.
But boy that person pisses you off, man do they piss you off, you are REALLY PISSED OFF now… at that bastard.
It's at this point, you act. You pull all the plugs. You fire all your cannons and bash the person into mush if you can.
What is this? What sign(s) or aspects are prone to it?
It is a form of passive-aggressiveness?
How can a person break this pattern?
Is this a love/hate thing?
I know there is someone out there who can tell me.
Why Do I Have Trouble Ending Relationships?
Why Stay Attached To Someone Who Rejects You?
Do You Prefer Superficiality Over Depth?
Is Lying The Norm?
Posted in Astrology, Discuss, Relating	Tagged anger	permalink
Building Up Hate — 62 Comments
X-rayed on November 12, 2020 at 3:27 pm said:
It's like those colgate smile people who are still smiling whilst their eyes are shooting daggers but they say the mushiest things. They freak me out. There is something disturbing going on. You either smile like you mean it, or you're like me- with sad/bitchy resting face. What am I supposed to understand when your face is half and half? That's similar with people who preach one thing and feel another.
Elsa on November 12, 2020 at 3:29 pm said:
Very interesting. Thank you!
No problem, Elsa!
DarkAquarian on November 12, 2020 at 10:13 pm said:
Agreed. A smile is in the eyes to start.
X-rayed on November 13, 2020 at 8:06 am said:
Kri on November 12, 2020 at 4:12 pm said:
That's called mars in the 12th house. Or generally a weak mars placement. It takes a while to find out that you're spewing anger every which way. You don't know you're angry. Usually people are passive aggressive and shoot their energy every way except forward because they're afraid of what they'll lose if they'll get really angry or afraid of the repercussions. They were taught not to get angry. Or everything could come apart. They're scared of retribution. I try not to behave like this to people who can kick me out of places.
It takes time to realize you're projecting or not owning anger. Pete Holmes has mars and other placements in pisces.. he says he was never angry as a kid. It can take years as owning anything in the 12th house does.. you just refuse to face that shit. You really don't think you're like that. People who are open in their anger scare and piss you off and either you have no reaction or an over the top reaction.
I do not know how a Mars in Pisces person can access their energy and use their motivation or even find a sport they like. It's the great mystery. My solar return chart has this placement and I'm less able to do things especially if I don't feel like doing them even more than my own 12th house mars does. Also mars in Taurus must be a challenge to navigate. Tough mars placements are tough, that's all there is to it. We can rhapsodize about their positive points but until we give people the keys to awaken their dormant aspects, they'll keep circling the sink and eating their own tail.
Mars in the 7rh
Warped by Wuthering Heights on November 13, 2020 at 12:17 am said:
I have Cap Mars in 12th and that doesn't describe me At All, except one point — hard to do whatever I don't feel like doing, like chores.
Kri on November 13, 2020 at 4:57 am said:
How would you describe it? Maybe you have a handle on it and I don't.
You're not sensitive to others dominating you?
Warped by Wuthering Heights on November 13, 2020 at 1:20 pm said:
For me, more like taking action to get what I want from behind the scenes, in hidden ways.
The only "others" who have dominated me were those I wanted to dominate me.
In childhood, I never suppressed anger. Only as an adult did I learn to bite my tongue when necessary to keep my income.
Well, clearly you use your mars better than me. What other aspects does it take?
My mars expression seems to be closer to what Satsun said
Aries Sun/Mercury in 3rd, Virgo Moon in 8th, Cap Rising…
Katelyn on November 13, 2020 at 11:58 pm said:
Mars in pises athletes are for example Lebron James. He sees everything around him, and thats a pisces thing. To see through all the situations, all whats going on.
Do you have mars in Pisces? How do you activate your motivation?
I have a friend with this aspect who I watch sort of self loathingly avoid everything. Including sports.
I think you're the one who wrote about the unconscious mars. The person might not notice they're firing a cannon at someone. I know I hate to feel humiliated and dominated and like a runt by someone who is screaming and trying to make me submit. Or dominating me successfully. I usually stew until I get back at them in an indirect way. So it's usually better to be up front. And say stop it now!
Yes, I did write about the unconscious Mars, quite a bit as I recall.
There's that. There's passive-aggressiveness.
I'm not sure if this is one or those, both of those, or neither.
There is another state of being I can think of… you know you don't like someone but you don't know why! 🙂
Yeah and I think you wrote about how someone like that, such as a Scorpio, grabs you by the balls. And you said it depends on how much you like being in your uncomfort zone.
I could be misunderstanding your question. But I'll say what I know.
In my experience, it's people who remind you of the negative part of yourself that trigger unconscious hatred. i.e. virulent homophobes turning out gay.
It's also synastry in my experience. Difficult synastry makes me hate people.
I have Venus mars opposed and I can hate people instead of disliking them because they bring up childish feelings of powerlessness and being dominated. Feeling like I'm trapped and can never get what I want. I think people don't like people cause they wanna control them. They can't accept the way they are or leave them well enough alone (like that anecdote you told about your sister leaving a mall because of someone wearing white boots?)
If I spend a lot of time hating someone or a situation it's cause I wanna control it and don't like it and can't walk away. I used to hate being fat and I hated everyone who was attracted to me for that. And I used to hate everyone who didn't want me. I was bitter and distracted and couldn't turn away from it.
A person who bugs you is like a dirty stain on your wallpaper you can't wash off. What to do? How to control your reaction? Is it immature? I'd say so. I watch a lot of relatives fuming about their kids shitty decisions. It's not your damn tattoo. So I'd chalk it up to people who can't control themselves controling others, as you taught me in your past posts.
For instance, I don't like people who let their dog come real close and bark at me, but jerk it away when I try to pet it. But when you point a finger three more point at you? Yeah I've been selfish with the big things.
Also you wrote about scapegoating. It could fall under that possibly. And if it's toward you, how people like to misread you and come at you.
This is just my stuff I remember/observation. I could be misunderstanding.
I often feel unreasonable strong anger at people and don't notice myself picking at them. I also get aggressive with strangers about little things (staring, hogging the sidewalk)
I chalk it up to my Venus Mars opposition
Anyone who feels weak can be 'scrappy' or full of jizz or whatever. Ready to prove themselves. Mars in the 12th and feeling runty are similar feelings.
I think narcissists probably come at people really aggressively when they threaten their narcissistic supply. I had a friend with mars midheaven Pluto in scorpio and first house stellium I believe.. I said something mildly negative to her that hurt her ego (it was actually a listening noise that she mistook for agreement with her saying she needed to go to the gym) and she came at me with all she has.. very serious insults, and never saw the need to apologize. Right then I realized she is a mess.
That is an interesting comment. I just had someone close to me, apologize for "coming at me". Its's not a phrase I use of hear… maybe it's becoming popular?
I suppose this could fit if a person is such that every once in awhile, someone has to go down. I've written about that before too. Elvis Costello sings, "…It's nobodies fault, but we need somebody to burn…"
I am a spectacular target in that regard. So exposed here, for nearly 20 years. An astrologer you can mock for one thing, but also how hard would it be to cull someone's decades of writing… personal stuff, to find a problem?
But that's another issue, I think. Are any of us really "above" hate?
I think my grandfather was.
There's a priest I admire… he's a lot like, Henry, but I am pretty sure he feels rage at times. You just get pissed off. And if you stew in it then… kaBAM!
Coming at me is probably popular because of the 'come at me bro' meme
So many memes, so little time.
I must be tuned to a different movie. 🙂
I started listening to the priest, Father Mike Schmitz.. I've been listening to a few of his podcasts.. he has a decent podcast voice.. he's a very handsome man with a huge mouth (physically).. he had a stellium in Sagittarius and Venus at 0 Capricorn.. he always starts with a really understanding tone and then comes out with a conservative stance (i.e. that Catholics who marry should definitely have children, you can't have an outdoor wedding, curiosity is a sin, 'hell is full of the talented'..)
He used to be an actor before he felt the call to priesthood. I bet he has a few impure things in his past. I think everyone would agree he's very handsome.
hazel on November 12, 2020 at 4:55 pm said:
where does gut intuition stand…true gut…the one one that when opposed makes one nausea….gut truth that circulates in the blood
*** in what house
*** with what transits is it formed
*** under what planetary pressure
*** what makes one more in-tune with absolute truth in their
*** how does one decipher within all odds against them
Welcome, hazel.
Poppy on November 12, 2020 at 8:44 pm said:
Hazel, I don't know… Really don't. Those are thought provoking questions. Thanks!
Are my gut reactions keyed to my 8th house Sun? Or to my chart ruler, Venus, which aspects so many planets in my chart – Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Neptune & Pluto…? Both, each aspect several asteroids.
What I do know is, when my gut (gut intuition) sends me a message, I do well to listen attentively.
Have to say again, thank you so much for such excellent, thought provoking questions! 🙂
hazel on November 13, 2020 at 12:14 pm said:
Interesting Poppy!
My sun is in the 8th house in Cancer. I am a fierce proponent of truth. I feel that truth has an electrical connection with the heart. The spark of truth or intuitive doubt hits the electromagnetic field of the heart instantly and ((boom)) starts to circulate within. Funny I call the Vagus Nerve the Nerve of Truth…maybe that's how it circulates within 🙂 Then comes the mind (prefrontal cortex)…Is it open, closed or is it selective based on subjectivity to the information being received.
notch on November 12, 2020 at 5:11 pm said:
Targeted anger. Hmmm. Everyone needs a whipping post? Not sure. I think that is why the dammit doll was invented. Why those places were created where people can just go and throw plates against the wall and smash them. Or go into the restaurant freezer and scream at the top of their lungs. I don't know about my retro mars in pisces, anger seems to paralyze me. And true, anger can be triggered by a certain behaviour pattern. It tells me what's important to me in that the thing has been breached. So does anger cause hate, or does hate cause anger. Both really extreme things.
Cancer moons break the pattern because it doesn't feel good. We like to feel good. Couldn't believe it when another cancer moon told me that. I get it.
the laughing goat on November 13, 2020 at 5:29 am said:
"Or go into the restaurant freezer and scream at the top of their lungs."
LOL – I used to do this! And then after I finished screaming, I would eat a frozen chocolate chip cookie. 🙂
With Venus in cancer, I've stayed in situations because I didn't think they could get better. Had a terrible roommate, annoying jobs. Most of the big decisions I made were moving house.
Do you have any advice about how someone with mars in Pisces can access their drive to achieve something they want? How do you do it? Any sports they might enjoy?
My friend and I have been struggling in tandem for years.
I do think because Neptune is rather rather uhhhh uhhhh rather whatever that is that neptune is, there is only energy to do what is important to you. Mars in pisces. If I need to do it, I will have the energy to accomplish that. The need, for me most likely could be explained by Mars 4th house placement in the moon's house? And if there is something I need to do and I can't seem to get there, I let it go until I get down to the energy to do it (moon in 8th house). Stressing about it or pushing myself to do something does not work. I have to get down to it. Now on the opposite end of the spectrum my sun and jupiter are in the 10th so when I take on a 10th house responsibility I will follow thru because a promise is a promise, a deal is a deal. The energy comes from the commitment I made. Right now someone is trying to change the deal we made, so I have to remind them, that was not the deal.
So that's me. And when someone pushes me to do something that is not in my wheelhouse, talk me into something, like a responsibility I am not willing to throw myself into, good luck, because I just can't get down to that.
Kri on November 15, 2020 at 12:22 am said:
That is a really good insight for my Neptune transit.
My friend has Sun/Saturn and tends to grind down into a paste with criticism if the thing doesn't get done. Half of the personality wants to do it, but Mars in Pisces just can't find the energy.
notch on November 15, 2020 at 9:42 am said:
I wanted to add to this that when my energy level is down it is usually because I am de-hydrated. Need fluid fill up. Not coffee, not carbonated beverages, not alcoholic beverages. Herbal teas or fruit infused water or just plain water. As a practice I strive to keep a 2 quart jar of fruit infused water and a 2 quart jar of herbal tea in the fridge. I mix them together and make sure I drink at least 2 quarts a day. I tend to drink more through a straw so I have my big stainless steel container and a reusable stainless steel straw. I need to like my container. It makes the experience enjoyable. Unlike my alcoholic lunch partner who would rather just drink a water tumbler full of wine, I like my wine with dinner in a wine glass. It's part of the experience.
And the other thing, I have now defined, for the moment anyway, as the need to 'commune' with what I am doing. Leaping out of myself to do things is just exhausting. I need to take me with me.
I've talked to my friend about drinking water but he also sleeps very badly because of depression and insomnia. When his environment is kind of crappy he gets affected, like living in a poorly ventilated place next to a busy street. Or when there's a lot of traffic and loud music when he commutes somewhere. Also when there isn't a lot of physical touch and too much loneliness (not enough friends or love) and little confidence in his life which has kind of been something to deal with for many years (sun/Saturn in the 5th). There's a lot of environmental factors that bring him down when he already has challenges. But as to sports he might enjoy, it's an unsolvable mystery to me. Mars in pisces is in the 8th house. It does conjunct Jupiter.
'anger can be triggered by a certain behaviour pattern. It tells me what's important to me in that the thing has been breached.'
That is a very deep insight. Sometimes I get angry when someone has crossed a line. But a lot of times, it's something I can't control. As in, it's a normal thing I have to do. I got angry recently when someone assigned me a job I find very difficult out of the blue and I wasn't prepared.
There are many times when I get angry when I have to do something I don't want to do. I don't have the right to be angry in these situations. I typically get angry at people I can't get angry at, people I can hurt with my anger. Authority figures, bosses, relatives, spiritual figures. People who have done nothing to me. Maybe forced me to fall in line or be a certain way by their presence. It's a weird pathological anger I have (Mars in 12th). One easy way to make me angry is to guilt trip me into being somewhere. I felt a sense of OCD anger in an ashram once.
VillageGirl on November 12, 2020 at 5:59 pm said:
Lol! Lately the most back stabby, disingenuous quick to flare people I know are the same ones riding the love and kindness twinkle train loudly on social media. We often roll our eyes at this at work. The fake kindness veneer seems to be the new trend?
The kindest people I know, who wouldn't be able to muster hate for anything and are quietly genuine in heart and soul, but would never say so, are somehow now lumped in with all these kindness posers. Somehow, that bothers me.
teeceedee7 on November 12, 2020 at 6:43 pm said:
I miss my kinder, younger self who was more naive i suppose. Sometimes lately I have felt hateful. Exactly this. Pinched. and bitter. IN this moment, no. I am joyfully listening to Bayo Akomolafe; the times are urgent, let us slow down.
The anger is beyond the conflict between two opposing forces. There is something beyond the hero's win. The younger self could avoid the hero needing to win, success frame. Then I could no longer avoid the race and the game. It perturbed me. Expansion of the present moves all of this into something else entirely. "things are already living in your cult of innocence" BA
Happily living with Neptune in the 9th before it hits the MC and another universe unfolds.
dolce on November 12, 2020 at 7:17 pm said:
I think it's a lack of boundaries and putting up with things that are flat out wrong (to them), too much. Throw in some jealousy and insecurity, all fronted by a facade…this could happen. Bruised ego. (I may have too many ideas)
Personally, I don't think hate in general is necessarily a bad thing, but that's a whole other topic of conversation!
Yes, it exists, the hate thing. The problem I see with it, is when there is vindication. Then a person's hate becomes somebody else's problem. I know scorpio usually gets pinned with revenge and all that but I have always had scorpio suns in my life and I see no vengefulness in them. Exculding one, but he was an alcoholic, so I think he was about something else, or maybe never got to find out what he is about because of the disease.
"…You might say you have no hate in your heart. You may feel the people around you do?"
Elsa, this is an excellent question!
For all of us, to ponder.
I've, inevitably, wondered myself about all sides of this, because I was born with natal Mars – in Cancer – squaring my Ascendant (Libra).
Something I've learned thanks to the internet: ADHD people, i.e. everyone in my family, and many people I've known, have difficulty processing anger – the most difficult emotion.
Jumping (sorry!). Hatred is a different category, anger misplaced by an (Mercury function) illogic… imho.
I strive to rise above hatred, any kind – continually – toward anyone. And I pray… for all of us, always.
Poppy, you have reminded of what I have been hungering for after being thrown off course by the last couple months of hectic. My touch down is the state of love. However, did I forget that? So easily distracted by the demands and manic-ness of the ADHD goings on in the world around me. I accept that. It is. I am scratching escapism and getting back in touch, getting back to that all encompassing love. It's a decision. Thanks merc rx in libra. I have a choice here. Now that's a Ceres' place I can surface to. Coming in for a landing.
notch on November 12, 2020 at 10:15 pm said:
If mars is what one wants as Elsa has written, then when one doesn't get what one wants or it doesn't go to plan, mars can go ballistic? And anyone who represents what is not wanted or gets in the way of what is wanted would be a hate target, I'd think.
My mars is in pisces and I don't want to be imprisoned or locked into institutions. Perhaps that is the jupiter opp to mars that is the freedom fighter? And I don't like people or groups that try to do that, the entrappers. I don't think I hate them. I don't know that they make me angry, even though it is irritating. The thing is in those situations I am more interested in how to escape. That's where my focus is. Because after all, I like to feel good. And being trapped does not feel good. Being hunted does not feel good. Oh so that makes sense, mars in pisces, I want to escape. If I could not escape and was subject to the torture of the captor, yeah I think I could come to hate them. This will be fun to explore, cognizant escape. I do it naturally, but naming it, being aware of it, I can play with it, develop it, sharpen my axe as they say.
Warped by Wuthering Heights on November 13, 2020 at 1:07 am said:
Why would anyone say "I have no hate?" That's BS, of course we do, hopefully for all things evil.
Anger festers if suppressed — then, bam! Be strategic, not stupid. It's not worth your paycheck or a broken nose.
circle.dot.oceans on November 13, 2020 at 1:43 am said:
I think Kri & you have really good insights above.
I feel it's a projected Mars or Pluto on some level. A 7th house mirrored effect. I've seen it in my mom sometimes when she can't express her Pluto and someone has gone over her boundary but she doesn't feel she has the power to say so. Though it hasn't My dad (8th house Sun) and I sometimes carry the Pluto energy around for her.
I feel a bunch of people straight up say the hate now though… I'm pretty depressed about that GAH.
Anette on November 13, 2020 at 6:09 am said:
Venus-Mars-Neptune with Pluto in a difficult spot in Libra is my experience. I have had a tendency to date guys with unrealistic expectations to love, and when the illusion about me pops like a bubble, I had to burn because they have surpressed their anger and can't face/own their anger at themselves….
If you want to love, hate.
If you want hate, love.
Note: I didn't own my own anger and fear and feelings of powerlessness towards men either.
I had to own it to clear it. Even then. It's not a guarantee.
circle.dot.oceans on November 13, 2020 at 1:04 pm said:
This is super powerful. Thanks.
Plutolover on November 13, 2020 at 6:18 am said:
This really resonates. Someone I considered a friend did me and my family wrong. Really wrong. And I hated him – I really, passionately hated him, wanted all manner of things to befall him. I realised soon enough it was eating me up, this hate, so I let it go, I kind of surrendered it and him to karma, or whatever you want to call it. I still get twinges, but realise he has to live with himself every single day, and that pacifies me somewhat.
Scorpio mars, 9th house/10th house cusp.
Satsun on November 13, 2020 at 7:21 am said:
Speaking for myself, with Mars in Libra in 12th. I don't like to be angry, feel that I'm not allowed to do this, so contain myself – until I don't. Then the anger usually comes out all wrong, wrong expression, too much, too little & not "rational", it's more like emotions breking out. For me it's difficult to be cold-blooded in anger. I pops up when I can't control it, and I feel very bad afterwards, ashamed and stupid. However, big outbursts are pretty rare wih me, I bottle anger up (and get depressedd).
Speaking for myself again. I think it is, but not necessarily conscious. Like, it's not done with intent, trying to appear nice when all you want is to bash someone's face. For my part I fear repraisal, do not like to start fights. This keeps me passive, and very frustrated!
Avoid people !!!! Or at least I try not to engage with people I think will get me riled up.
No too sure about that. It might be in some cases (when there's a personal relationship involved), but plenty of people I absolutely don't know piss me off just by being in my path. I just go on my way, seething, hoping they'll walk in dog shit or get bumped by some heavy who's in a bad mood.
Libra Stellium on November 13, 2020 at 12:27 pm said:
I am jumping in without reading all the comments above, so forgive me. But my sister, who is a Sun, Mercury and Venus Taurus with Moon in Libra and one of the kindest person you could want in your life, also has Mars in Cancer in the 12th house. I can identify her triggers because she is 75 and I, as the little sister, am 68. She's the oldest of my siblings and the family tale is, after my mother brought home three baby boys she was thrilled when I, a baby girl arrived. I say this so you know she and I have adored each other my entire life. But her weakness is opening her home to people in need, expecting them to be appreciative and then discovering they have in some way (and often only because of her expectations) screwed her. When she lashes out there is no response anyone can have to calm her down. My brothers and I fear she will have a stroke because of her violent reactions. She has threatened to take her life on several occasions. And once the anger passes, she is sorry, begs for forgiveness but tells me she can't remember what she even said. Passive Agressiveness? You bet. Heartbreaking? Oh yes.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice,…"
Sounds like an unresolved spiritual or philosophical conflict.
NotMyCircus on November 14, 2020 at 3:04 pm said:
Mars in Cancer, 12th house.
She sounds likes she's completely blind to her Mars problem.
Also, 12th house/Pisces/Neptune will give and give, and then whine and play the victim when others don't validate their efforts or worse yet, take advantage of them (in their opinion).
My late husband had Mars in Pisces (Mars/Neptune exchange). I lost count of how many times he cried and raged over how one caregiver after another let him down after he'd bent over backwards to help them. I wanted so bad to rip the rose-colored glasses off his eyes and tell him to wake TF up and see these people for who they are. Or tone down his expectations of other people. But nothing worked except hearing him out and letting him cry.
My 2nd comment got deleted but thinking it was mix-up, hoping I didn't mess up somehow!! T__T
Anyway, I just remember that it's a hard time right for our nation, our world. I think….Hate develops because we don't feel like we have control over our lives, or anything about it, then we put a label on the "other" because we feel like it had to be just that person's fault, when it's more complicated, and may be more of groupthink thing. But then we scapegoat and are angry too because we feel powerless. It's easier to jump to conclusions & find someone else to put in the shadow, when we can't find a way to release this pent-up energy. We don't know how to discuss & argue most days. Everyone has valid points but then suddenly it "goes there" because it's easier to do so, and because it's meme-flavored, because it's too painful. It's heartbreaking. That's all. How do we be like, we're angry without taking actions that hurt & destroy? Hate happens when we've already put the other person in a box.
I have a question, let's say, we're in a situation where we're just brutally hurt. I mean like workplace gang-ups, deep family stabs at the heart, or feelings of being abused…. Is there a place for temporary anger/hate here? Maybe temporary feelings for specific people who took the action? This is where I start wondering. How we be the bigger person here, when the knife is in your back?
Do you think it's these little pent-up pains that have added up to the bigger more destructive hate, because it (Mars / Pluto) got kind of messed up in the process, in our individual lives? I don't know if you have answers, of course but maybe just trying to ask in general anyway
Tonya on November 13, 2020 at 6:09 pm said:
Something that I have noticed, it is like a psychic wave in the air and my Neptune on my Midheaven is saying this, so, it will look strange.
My theory lately: People who were known as nice and stable suddenly turn rabid and want to rip someone's head off. I think it is a supernatural thing like a psychic wave that people just step into unknowingly and suddenly their tempers flare over everything. That energy emanates outward and hits everyone near it and kaboom, little things get people fighting.
Also, in this time frame, a lot of fear is in the air and it can lead to anger because people feel that they are out of control and they blame others for this.
Maybe people world wide should set a time to join together in prayer, etc to cleanse the rage and fear?
This could also be my Aquarius Rising talking too. Weirdo here.
This is a very interesting point. Some react to uncertainty with rage, those nice people were probably repressing their anger and letting people walk all over them to keep their friends (codependent people pleasing sometimes).
Some react to uncertainty with despair or pensiveness, some with libertinism ('i would like to abuse my lungs, smoke everything in sight with every girl I've ever loved'), some by completely losing control of their emotions.
Neptune seems to accept lack of control. In a Neptune transit, some part of us is out of control. Interestingly, TM has some global groups that meditate together at the same time. It's very nice.
Tell me about it with the Neptune transit. That watery planet is sitting opposite behind my Mars/Mercury conjunction and waiting to start heading to oppose my Sun/Pluto conjunction in a few more years. It made my mind so jumbled that I couldn't hold a thought in my head for a while. That angers a Virgo, to not be able to focus clearly upon any given subject.
What is TM? I'm old. Lol.
Transcendental Meditation 😀
Thanks. 😀
CocoPeaches on November 14, 2020 at 10:13 am said:
Interesting how many 12th house Mars people have come out of the woodwork for this topic! I think the issue may begin with the desire to not be seen as hateful, because this sentiment could cause someone to repress their anger, or even other elements of their true self. I get that we don't want hate to live in our hearts, but maybe we need to accept that it sometimes passes through? It's ok to not like everybody – with the caveat that every time someone rubs us the wrong way, should be seen as an opportunity to look inside ourselves to understand the source of friction, and find compassion for people who may be acting like jerks because they are hurting.
I'd say it's about fear of retribution or fear of losing social needs or social connection. Holding your tongue when someone can take their love from you. Like with a friend who can't take any negative feedback, a boss who can fire you, you can't be open with them. I think a lot of people hold in their anger because of what they can lose and people please for fear of losing friends. Or the other person is louder and meaner and can hurt you. Or depression, which is anger you feel you don't deserve to have, Saturn guilt, or its irrational or aimed at the wrong people. Prosocial emotions control antisocial impulses. If you are raised in an unstable environment or lonely and lacking friends, you will people please..
Perhaps your anger is so intense it can burn everything down. So better turn it against yourself.
I think in some ways if my anger is immaturely expressed, I still have the unreasoning anger of a child who got punished or thwarted or um said no to.. not complicated by adult understanding, and I just push it down.. my anger is almost other worldly.. I don't know about other people's experiences with bratty childhood anger.. maybe I wasn't given the tools to deal with it.. or how parents deal with their children's anger
Tene on November 16, 2020 at 4:06 am said:
I've been a hatefulass B****; but it gets lonely and scary feeling that out of control. So you try to temper yourself, then some one crosses a line, and bam. I thought I was good?! Oh, no. Maybe a different way is needed.
I've Mars near Aldebaran that sextiles Aries AS & Leo Jp, and trines Saturn in Aq.
It's only recently I decided to temper Mars. I think the nature of Mars to be intemperate, prone to extremes, and unevenness is at the root here. Accepting that tendency is something I'm tentively trying; as indulging, and repressing are not quite it.
Leave a Reply to Tonya Cancel reply
Scorpio Endless Probing In Relationships – Guilty Until Proven Innocent! | Wheel Of Zodiac on Scorpio Endless Probing In Relationships – Guilty Until Proven Innocent!
soup on Who Wants To Be A Capricorn Rising?
dolce on Who Wants To Be A Capricorn Rising?
Shay on Death, Crisis And The Separation Between People
sophiab on Can Venus Overcome Pluto?
@soup lol yes dirty bastard he is. And feelings are bea...
By la_sirena, 43 seconds ago
@la_sirena Terrible every month but especially in Canc...
RE: Astrology of Conspiracy theorists
I would like to contribute: all 12 signs! Haha, I've he...
By dolce, 1 hour ago
@soup I'm sure Full Moons have a strong affect on you b...
By la_sirena, 1 hour ago
RE: What happens when you die?
@notmycircus I don't think they cease to exist either N...


text:
BlankPaperz partners with the first Ibom International Art & Book Festival as sponsor
"If you've been shouting and no one is hearing. Ibom International Art and Book Festival is where you shout and someone stands and says, I hear you, and oh, I see you too. And wait, I see you for who you are, not whom I was told you are."
Kate Ekanem-Hannum- Festival Director.
Our mission at BlankPaperz is to celebrate what young Africans are doing and to amplify (create awareness) of their works ⏤ projects, social enterprises, stories, etc. We believe that voices are important and that stories matter too. Because a story can change hearts, it can change a narrative and make others understand a perspective. It has also been scientifically proven that humans are wired to learn from stories.
This year, we're proud to be part of the Ibom International Art and Book Festival as one of the sponsors of the event. IBOM International Art and Book Festival (28 – 30 July 2022) will bring more than 2000 writers, poets, musicians, artists, dancers, filmmakers, actors, students, booklovers, entreprenuers, vendors, cultural enthusiasts, and thinkers both nationally and internationally to dialogue and celebrate creativity and diversity through panel discussions, book chats, art exhibitions, workshops, book fair, vendors exchange, documentaries, exhibitions, poetry performances, concerts, etc. in Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. And BlankPaperz mini sponsorship will enable more people, especially young people interested in the arts and the literary field, to be part of this historic event.
The Festival is interested in dismantling stereotypes that have caught minorities in a web of misrepresentation. Reclaim and Redefine: The Artist and the Art; this year's theme attempts to bridge the gap in the representation of artists and arts in books and art festivals around the world. The event is interested in undiscovered art and artists as much as the celebrated ones. The Ibom Art Festival is interested in Benin's art while exploring Ijaw's creative talents; interested in creative writers from Akwa Ibom while celebrating creative artists from Ebonyi and Calabar, and celebrating voices from Trinidad and Kenya while featuring artists from Albania and South Africa.
Some of the speakers for this year's event include
A. Igoni Barrett: recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship
Nadia Hashimi: author of three international bestselling novels and advocate for women and refugees
Burns Effiom: painter, poet, designer, performance artist, and curator.
Article by VICTOR AZIBAOLANARI JOSIAH
Posted on January 22, 2023 .
BlankPaperzIbom International Art and Book Festivalsponsor
Nsa Arts Foundation, 737 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 United States.
ibomartfestival@gmail.com
nsaartfoundation@gmail.com
Press Office info and contact persons:
Art/ Literature / Culture /
Stay updated with festival news and highlights
© 2023 Ibom International Arts and Book Festival.
All website contents are copyright protected
Search for news about Ibom International Art and Book Festival

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Home News Education Path Forward to Getting Hawaii's Public Education System Back on Track
Path Forward to Getting Hawaii's Public Education System Back on Track
Courtesy www.cbc.ca
BY KRIS COFFIELD – Honorable senators and representatives: Earlier this week, the IMUAlliance released its recommendations for a number of education bills, including HB 945, relating to education.
At that time, we stated our support for amendments proposed by the Senate Committee on Education, including a delay in implementation of Act 167's instructional time escalation until the end of the upcoming biennium, an exemption for multi-track schools, and a requirement that the Department of Education reassess what constitutes instructional time and the capacity of all schools to comply with a 180-day, 915- to 990-hour (elementary to secondary) school calendar. We stand by those recommendations.
Given the controversy surrounding conference committee discussion on the measure, however, we feel the need to amplify our comments, offering what we believe to be a prudent, and little mentioned, path for progress.
Understandably, education leaders are concerned about the cost of increasing instructional time during a fiscal crisis. According to the Department of Education, implementing Act 167 during the next school year will likely cost between $45 million to $55 million, yet the proposed House draft of the biennium budget reduces funding to the department by $55 million, roughly the same amount. Additionally, members of the Hawaii State Teachers Association are concerned that they will be required to discharge additional duties if a delay is not enacted, at a time when they are being asked by the state to accept a 5 percent reduction in combined benefits and pay. In other words, teachers are concerned about having to perform more work for less pay. So, what are lawmakers to do?
Our suggestion is to split the difference. Instead of suspending implementation of Act 167 for two years, we urge the committee to push back initiation of elevated instruction time by a single year, to the 2012-1013 academic year, while mandating a departmental evaluation of implementation strategies and costs. Specifically, policymakers should task department officials with studying the strategies employed at the 40 schools that already meet the initial requirements of Act 167, to determine if any actions taken at such schools can be exported, expediently and efficaciously, to the overall school system. In conjunction with this proposal, we encourage the committee to consider phasing in instructional time increases over time, as follows: For 2013-2014 school year, at least 50 percent of all public schools, except charter schools and multi-track schools, shall implement a school year of at least 180 days, excluding professional development days and other non-instructional days negotiated pursuant to chapter 89, that shall include 915 instructional hours for elementary schools and 990 hours for secondary schools. For the 2014-15 school year, the percentage of schools comporting themselves with this requirement should increase to 75 percent, with the percentage rising to 100 percent for the 2015-16 school year. Similarly, plans to impose a 190-day, 1048-hour academic calendar could be gradually phased in over the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 school years. Determination of which schools adopt the new requirement in a given year would come at the discretion of the DOE, in consultation with the Board of Education, complex area superintendents, individual school leaders, and state lawmakers.
To be clear, we disagree with many of the incendiary statements made by the Hawaii State Teachers Association in a recent "call to action" issued to local educators. Though the IMUAlliance agrees that any escalation in work hours should be coupled with contract enhancements, we are concerned that the level of hostility expressed by the union, particularly toward Sen. Jill Tokuda, reflects a misunderstanding of fundamental issues at play. Discussion of delayed implementation of instructional time hikes was prompted, primarily, by the state's fiscal shortfall, which, as indicated earlier, could lead to a $55 million reduction in the DOE's operating budget for each year of the upcoming biennium.
Nonetheless, Act 167's requirements are state law, having been enacted as a safeguard against the adverse consequences of furloughs. If the conference committee rejects an implementation delay, then all of Act 167's requirements will be immediately effective. Moreover, heated rhetoric about how the current conflagration may impact contract negotiations with HSTA is counterproductive to ongoing budget discussions on multiple levels, since any concessions won by HSTA could be duplicated by HGEA under the latter's newly acquired "favored nation" status. One possible solution to the "less pay for more work" problem would be for HSTA to accept deferred compensation as part of their new contract, though there has not been indication that this possibility has been put forward during collective bargaining talks.
Again, the IMUAlliance supports a delay in implementation of instructional time increases, ensuring that the state's education budget, and teachers' pocketbooks, are not further crippled by heightened labor requirements. We feel that a one-year delay and graduated implementation constitute an acceptable compromise, however, and humbly suggest that conferees contemplate the merits of such a plan. Mahalo for reading these comments.
Kris Coffield is the Legislative Director for IMUAlliance
Previous articleAtomic Monkey News: Governor's New Homeless Plan
Next articleUH Regent Nominees Out, Governor Abercrombie on Hawaii Government Employees Association Ratification Vote, Hawaii Aids Japan Through Safeway; Hawaii Musicians Turned Pro in California Reunite Here
Check out past stories by guest contributors!


text:
Posts tagged The Invisibles
"Stephanie's First Date": A Conversation with the Authors of 'Seawater and Stars'
by the Face in Comics, ebook, Erotica, Fiction, New Releases, NEWSCLUSTER
The collective editorial entity of Martian Migraine Press known as "The Face" (on Mars, natch!) sat down for a virtual chat with authors S R Jones and Justine G, the morally bankrupt creatures responsible for Seawater & Stars: The Last Novel of Gideon Stargrave, to talk about comics, Grant Morrison, metafictional conceits, and the titillating challenges inherent with mashing up two-stage expansion steam engines and Victorian smut…
The Face Hoo boy. The geekiness is just coming off the screen here in waves! Let's get started. Favourite Morrison creation?
Jones Oh, The Invisibles. Hands down.
Justine I found The Invisibles to be, I don't know, almost impenetrable. Sorry to say, I did not get it. Though I can see where he was going, but dimly? If that makes any sense. Much preferred The Filth. Loved The Filth, actually.
Jones The assassin chimp.
Justine Spartacus Hughes. Richard Nixon as the submarine captain, with his trusty Gill-men. Brilliant.
Jones Hold on. You found Invisibles inpenetrable but The Filth was OK for you?
Justine There was more penetration. And satire. That's what this little girl is made of, mostly. So yes.
The Face Jones, are you one of those "The Invisibles changed my life!" types?
Jones Oh, not so much, that. Somewhere, Morrison said that the series was designed to identify or activate or otherwise agitate Invisibles that were already out there, and I guess that's how I feel about it. Being introduced to the work (and I was definitely one of those "what, comics? I don't read comics anymore" people when it happened) was, OK, not an eye-opener so much as a realization that, y'know, these people were out there. And that I was one of them.
The Face The Invisibles seven-volume hyper-sigil doing what it does!
Jones Something like that, I guess. It certainly re-wrote me to a degree. I recall thinking, somewhere in Volume 2, was it? That whole infiltration of the underground military installation. "Let's do Dulce." I recall thinking "Jesus, this Scots bastard is just giving this stuff away!" and I loved it. And this was back in, oh, '98?
Justine And here it is, December 2012! We've got, what, twelve days left?
The Face It's Sunday 9 December, so yes. Twelve or thirteen, depending on where you like your Mayan end dates. How do you feel about that?
Jones In general, or specifically to The Invisibles?
The Face Let's hear both.
Jones As far as The Invisibles go, I think Morrison was spot on in giving us a preview of the spirit of the 2012 culture, if not the details. I re-read The Invisibles now, and I know it was a success, because it just reads as, I don't know… almost quaint, if that's even possible. We're all Invisible now.
In general… I don't know. Back in the 90s, for me, it was all McKenna and Timewave Zero. The Mayans and all this hippie consciousness shift hoo-ha never even came up on the 2012 radar in any kind of significant way, for me. Fractal wave forms embedded in the I-Ching were where it was at, y'know? Novelty theory. And there certainly wasn't any of the kind of standard apocalyptic end o' the world Learning Channel boilerplate like you see these days…
Justine You kids get off his lawn!
Jones Oh hey now. I was into 2012 before 2012 was cool. But yeah, even saying that, it doesn't look like it's gonna pan out now, does it?
The Face There's still time.
Justine Twelve days.
Jones Yeah. And you know, now that I think of it… I mean, the whole deal with the Timewave… the Bros. McKenna said it themselves in The Invisible Landscape, right? All the major changes, or at least a good percentage, a large percentage in fact, all the big changes in their theory, and they were talking about the kind of grand changes akin to, you know, fish deciding to go for a stroll on the beach, all of them were supposed to take place in what they called "the short epochs" at the end of the wave.
The Face Which are… ?
Jones Which are something like the last half dozen hours in the final cycle. Maybe not even that. The last hour and a half, the last fifteen minutes of which will be white-knuckle.
Justine Hee!
Jones So, like, there's still a chance? I guess is what I'm saying. It may look like bunk at this point, with only twelve days to go, but, y'know, get back to me on the 21st. And if for some reason you can't reach me, I guess I'll see you in the Supercontext!
The Face Thanks for the lead-in there, sir! Because of course, the inspiration for this weird little experimental effort of yours is a throwaway line in a one-off Morrison story that saw print originally in a Vertigo Winter's Edge special in 1998. And We're All Policemen is, basically, eight pages of the fevered fantasies of King Mob as he emerges into the Supercontext at the end of History and–
Justine In twelve days.
The Face In twelve days, yes, and he does so in the character of Gideon Stargrave, psychedelic hyper-spy and pop mega-star. And of course the character of King Mob, as has been noted elsewhere exhaustively and explicitly mentioned by Morrison, is Morrison. Or Morrison's fiction-suit for moving through The Invisibles.
Jones So blurry and meta in there! Morrison, King Mob, Stargrave: it's all much of a muchness, as me old mother would have said.
Justine My old mother would have said "if you're going to wear character armour, at least make it fashionable!"
Jones Agreed.
The Face So in the panels in question, we have Stargrave activating his magic-mirror-goop sex-droid and instructing it to… Justine?
Justine Oh what! You're testing me now? Shit. It's "enhance tits a percentage" or something like that. And then the blurb! The blurb is what stuck with me, or at least made me remember that it was there. Which is why I floated the idea, what? A couple of weeks back?
Jones Not long, anyways. This thing has been fast. But then, we are living in the Sun of 4-Motion, in which things speed up.
The Face OK! OK! But the blurb!
Justine Right.
The Face We'll just read our copy, shall we? "I want the nerdiest guy in school transformed by a gifted surgeon's knife into a beautiful, sexy girl and exhibited as a living erotic sculpture at Dionysian ceremonies of heathen bondage…"
Justine Ha! You bastard. Had it there all along.
The Face Next panel! Stargrave: "That kind of look." Text box: "Thus runs the promo copy on Stargrave's latest, most frustrating sex novel; the alluring and racy cover conceals a dry marine-engineering text with buzzwords like 'crawlspace' and 'Stephanie's first date' sprinkled throughout to help maintain the erections of the surprisingly substantial audience for brainy-geek-to-hot-slut gender pretender stories."
Jones Damn.
The Face There you go. So, couple of questions for you two: how'd it go? Did it, or does it, work? Justine, you're our pornographer…
Jones Yeah, I just edited all the dry stuff. Going on record.
Justine As erotica? Not really. It's weird. As an experiment, I'd say it's a little successful. The text Jones found was some public domain thing from way back in the day, and after he cleaned it up there–
Jones 1921. The fifth edition I pulled was from 1921. Those Google scanned documents are bah-rutal! Lemme check the deets, hold on…
Justine Well, I was reading through it and thinking how best to go about making it work as something a person could have a little wank over, and the archaic language was so… anyway, I just naturally gravitated to Lazenby's The Pearl. Like you do. And of course, there's all the pistons and pumping and warm valves and so on. Certainly the larger bodies of text made it easier than the bits that are all formulas and definitions…
Jones Tompkins, Albert Edward. "Marine Engineering (A Text Book)"… oh, sorry. Engineer-Captain A. E. Tompkins, C.B.E., Royal Navy (Retired).
Justine Albert was just a barrel of laughs to work with.
Jones He was a little light on the narrative end of things.
The Face Did you bother to work around that with Seawater & Stars?
Jones Not really?
Justine No. We pretty much took Morrison at his word there. It's the text, with buzzwords. There's some story in it, but it's fragmentary at best. I pulled a couple of lines from The Pearl and there's small chunks… small?
Jones Small-ish. I wouldn't say chunks.
Justine There's a sentence or nine from my own Blackstone series, yes. But mostly it was just me reading through this goddamn thing and dropping dirty stuff in when it seemed appropriate. Which, again, with all the pumping and heating of expanding vapours going on, was surprisingly often!
The Face The question that burns at the heart of things here, lady and gentleman! Can you wank to this?
Jones What can't you wank to, these days?
Justine Get off his lawn! Darn wanking kids! Wankers!
Jones No, but see, that's the point of those panels in And We're All Policemen. Right? That the breakdown of information has brought us to a place where there's only garbage left in the system. Is narrative even necessary, when sex-entertainment is involved?
Justine As a purveyor of high-class paranormal erotica, I'm obliged to say yes, but as a warp-speed denizen of these hectic End Times, I'd say no. Have you seen the animated sex GIFs?
Jones Nope. What?
The Face Oh yeah!
Justine It's like, there used to be a process, when the technology for viewing your porn was your Times Square theatre or VHS or Cinemax or whatever the hell they had. You were, for the most part, obligated to slog through a narrative. A shitty one, but still. And then of course the Internet blah blah blah. Faster, weirder. And now, Jesus, they take maybe three, four seconds of the best bit of a porno, and loop it into an animated GIF.
Jones Like those little irritating avatars in profiles?
The Face Naw man, the tech is way better now…
Justine Yup. It's not, like, full screen HD or anything, but fill a screen with these things and it's overwhelming. Tumblr is full to bursting with… anyway, that's the point. It's all boiling down to sound bites, clips, a barrage of trigger images and phonemes. The fetishization of everything… obviously, I'm for that.
The Face So why not pepper a marine-engineering text with smut? So, it works.
Jones It works. It's weird. But it works. Mostly it's funny.
Justine All the funny. I like Chapter One the most. And the Preface.
Jones Which is likely as far as anyone will care to get.
Justine But there are themes. There's a Madam who shows up randomly, and of course, there's Stephanie…
The Face From 'Stephanie's first date'?
Justine That, and there's a sorority hazing that's referenced.
Jones Some of the leading lights in late 19th Century marine-engineering get a little play, too. Sorry, boys!
Justine And by the end of the thing, which is only three chapters…
Jones The second of which is terms and definitions. Three chapters of this doorstop was already topping out at 9000 words, I mean, c'mon! No one needs or wants that much experiment.
Justine By the end I'd started throwing in a lot more stuff from Blackstone, so it gets weirder and I think the final lines have a certain eerie pathos? We'll see, right?
The Face We hope people like it, frankly. Why the last novel of Gideon Stargrave? If faithfulness to the text was something you were going for, then why the last? It clearly states that the novel in question is merely the latest sex novel from Stargrave…
Justine Umm. Because twelve days?
Jones Twelve days. Also, I'm not sure I'm up for another experiment. Bringing this thing up from 2D comic-book-space was more of a chore than I expected.
Justine Slacker!
The Face Twelve days. I suppose, if your novelty thing holds, that we could be meeting up with all our fictionsuits on the other side of Christmas this year. In a perfect, Supercontextual world, would either of you "collaborate" with Gideon Stargrave again?
Justine Well, why not? I like his style.
Jones And if that doesn't happen, I wouldn't say no to working with Morrison. And before you say it, yes. Yes I'm a cheeky bastard.
The Face That's how we like you both. Stay cheeky, fella and lady!
S R Jones is the author of the short story collections SOFT FROM ALL THE BLOOD and THE ECDYSIASTS, both from Martian Migraine Press. He's written for the Lovecraft ezine and has had his anti-poetry published in Broken City Magazine. He is a spoken word performer, a massage therapist, a dad (horrors!), a Gnostic-Chaoist with Lovecraftian overtones, and is thoroughly, unrepentantly Invisible. You can follow him on the twitter @PimpMyShoggoth
Justine G is the author of the BLACKSTONE Erotica series and the erotic sci-fi novella ORGY IN THE VALLEY OF THE LUST LARVAE (due out in January 2013), both from Martian Migraine Press. She'd probably eat you alive, mantis-style, but man, it'd be worth it. You can follow here on the twitter @BLACKSTONErotic
2012 Blackstone ebook ebooks erotica fiction suits Gideon Stargrave Grant Morrison Justine G Martian Migraine Press new releases S R Jones Soft From All the Blood Terrence McKenna The Ecdysiasts The Filth The Invisible Landscape The Invisibles Timewave Zero
Seawater and Stars, Grant Morrison Mashup, and LUST LARVAE!
by the Face in Comics, Erotica, NEWSCLUSTER
A recent Google hang-out with our authors turned maudlin the other night. S R Jones, a longtime fan of Grant Morrison's seminal series of… well, it's hardly fair to call them "comic books", even, is it? No. Anyway, the boy loves The Invisibles and the discussion turned to that love, and how quaint the series seems now during these final tilt-a-whirl descending days before the Eschaton blows all up ins on 12/21/2012. Which quaintness (Jones claims) speaks to the underlying archetypal truths of the work. Which is all fine and good, except where is my Ganzfeldt tank, Jones? Where are the rogue nano-swarms? Whither Barbelith, Mr Morrison? We're all hankerin' for a taste of ruptured cosmic placenta down here! Let's get the party started!
At which point our author Justine G, ever the single/dirty-minded one, said "Has anyone ever made anything of that throwaway comment GM made in the Winter's Edge one-off story, And We're All Policemen? The bit about the sex novel that's really just a science text with dirty catchphrases scattered throughout?"
Now, in case you're fuzzy, MMP readers, she means this… But, more specifically, and as Jones was quick to point out, she means this…
Yeah, that, said our Justine. That's it. Has anyone written that thing?
We didn't know, but I resolved then and there to find out. A quick tweet to the Morrison experts over at SEQUART revealed the shocking possibility that the answer to Justine's question was no. We couldn't believe it either, but Jones and Geoffrey (the troopers!) have taken that glowing incredulous ball and drop-kicked it like an adorable but unwanted mutant baby into some kind of End-of-Days zone. And that's enough mixed sport-y/apocalyptic metaphors from us. Jesus.
Basically, using the very driest of public domain marine engineering text and their own writer-ly skills, our authors are entering into a virtual collaboration with the fictionsuit of Gideon Stargrave to make available that very novel! Just in time for the holidays, too. Tentatively titled SEAWATER & STARS or Stephanie's First Date, the novel will be exactly as Morrison has described above: experimental, erotic, and yes, loaded with dull marine engineering… stuff. We've seen some early passages and folks, it kinda works, actually. Lots of pumps and pistons and valves. It's Freudian in the best possible way. Merry Last Solstice Ever, MMP readers! Updates as they occur…
And as long as we're graphics-happy with this heah Newscluster, let's give y'all a fun preview of the cover for Justine G's upcoming one-off erotic sci-fi short: ORGY IN THE VALLEY OF THE LUST LARVAE!
We are guessing that there will be larvae involved. Lustful larvae.
Happy Thanksgiving to our American readers! Thanks for reading MMP books, and remember, reviews are always welcome and gratefully fawned over.
Martian Migraine Press: the Best Kind of Headache
By 2012, there will be no more information! All we'll have is garbage in the system!
2012 And We're All Policemen erotica experimental Gideon Stargrave Grant Morrison Justine G ORGY IN THE VALLEY OF THE LUST LARVAE S R Jones Seawater & Stars Seawater and Stars Stephanie's First Date The Invisibles


text:
package io.netty.util.concurrent;

/**
 * A combination of {@link java.util.concurrent.RunnableScheduledFuture}, {@link RunnableFuture} and
 * {@link ScheduledFuture}.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("ClassNameSameAsAncestorName")
public interface RunnableScheduledFuture<V> extends
        java.util.concurrent.RunnableScheduledFuture<V>, RunnableFuture<V>, ScheduledFuture<V> {

    /**
     * Returns the deadline in nanos when the {@link #run()} method should be called again.
     */
    long deadlineNanos();

    /**
     * Returns the delay in nanos when the {@link #run()} method should be called again.
     */
    long delayNanos();

    /**
     * Returns the delay in nanos (taking the given {@code currentTimeNanos} into account) when the
     * {@link #run()} method should be called again.
     */
    long delayNanos(long currentTimeNanos);

    @Override
    RunnableScheduledFuture<V> addListener(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>> listener);

    @Override
    RunnableScheduledFuture<V> addListeners(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>>... listeners);

    @Override
    RunnableScheduledFuture<V> removeListener(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>> listener);

    @Override
    RunnableScheduledFuture<V> removeListeners(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>>... listeners);
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The chowchilla (Orthonyx spaldingii) is a passerine bird in the family Orthonychidae. It is endemic to Australia.
In their 1999 study, Schodde and Mason recognise two adjoining subspecies, O. s. spaldingii and O. s. melasmenus with a zone of intergradation.
Unmistakable thrush-like, ground-dwelling, birds. Males and females largely dark brown with white eye-ring, tail-feather shafts extend as spines beyond feather-vanes; males with white throat, breast and belly; females with bright rufous throat and upper breast, white lower breast and belly.
The chowchilla is restricted to upland and lowland tropical rainforests of north-eastern Queensland.
Mainly invertebrates, but also small vertebrates.
Continuous chattering, singing and other complex vocalisations.
Nests on or near ground, often on ferns, stumps or logs. Builds a bulky, dome-shaped stick-nest with a clutch of one, possibly sometimes two, white eggs.
More inforamtion about Chowchilla Facts and Photos.


Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935) is widely esteemed as a landscape painter in his native Norway. A Neo-Romantic, he is best known for his series of paintings Winter's Night in the Mountains, depicting the mountains of the Rondane region. "Solitary genius" is an epithet often applied to this master of mood and subtlety. By Eyepoc of Norway.


Fur Storage and Fur Cleaning by a Professional Furrier is vitally important to your fur garment.
A fur coat exposed to heat and humidity will be slightly stiffer as it ages, since it's leather has lost some of its natural oils and dried out a bit. Eventually this drying will lead to cracking of the leather and excessive fur loss due to shedding.
Protect your investment, store your fur coat with a professional furrier every summer.


A makeup artist is someone who can play with colours so tactically. He or She creates a new look that no body even have a doubt that it is being changed by makeup. We can play with colours on anyone. We can give a mesmerizing look to a person who has a few abnormal features which people consider as unattractive. We can change them by using a new techniques and cosmetics. It is a talent that comes with practice and constant struggle. We can't conquer this talent with having a few certificates in hand. We have to prove our self by applying those techniques on people and make them look entire changed.
There are many qualities that a makeup artist has. A few basic qualities that are common in all the experts are given below.
Contouring is a makeup technique. It is a crucial part of a makeup. It has to be done according to its rule and techniques. One wrong step of contouring can make a disaster and ruin a whole look. We do contour for giving cuts and shapes to a face. For example, if a face is chubby and we want to make it look slimmer in photographs, we can easily do with the help of a contouring. We have to be very specific about picking the areas and bones. A wrong step may lead a model look ugly and fatty.
We all are blessed with different facial features. A skilled makeup artist can play with the features as well by making them look bigger or small. People having small eyes, hooded eyes, big eyes, almond shaped eyes, thin lips, thick lips etc. We can make them look as we want by using cosmetic on our face. We can make look eyes bigger by putting out some eyeshades according to the shape of an eye. A liner helps a lot in making them as we want.
A foundation is something that has to be perfect. If the base of a face is not perfect then no one can make a makeup look good. A foundation should be smooth and shiny. A caky foundation, which means that multiple layers of foundation makes face look flat and when we smile, it starts making cracks on face which doesn't at all look good specially in lights and cameras. A makeup artist knows, how much foundation is required according to a face and which foundation goes according to the complexion of a client.
If you are looking for an experienced and good makeup artist, Chelsea Brice Personal Stylist & Makeup Artist is a place for you. We have famous makeup artist who can make your evening a memorable one by giving a mesmerizing and glamorous look to you.
Finding cocktail dresses isn't easy. It is important to consider all aspects about dresses in your mind before purchasing one. Often women make the wrong choice when buying cocktail dresses, they buy the wrong fit. It can be pretty daunting to go abroad, just to buy the perfect cocktail dress. However, things have really changed. A lot of people prefer to shop for their clothes and other things online. Have you ever considered Australia? You can easily buy cocktail dresses online in Australia. Buying online is always easier compared to physically going.
So, the current question for you is: "How will you find the perfect cocktail dress online?" You don't have to worry about anything, because following are some steps that will help you on the way.
The last thing you want to do is to buy an online cocktail dress, and then find it too small. These happenings can be easily prevented. You will only have to measure yourself and check the measurements info of the party dresses because they have different fitting options for every dress/item. Measuring yourself before making a purchase will be helpful. If it still isn't clear enough, you can ask the store for help as well. They'll be happy to guide you.
There are some online stores that provide the best deals on shoes and accessories. Even if they don't have discounts on their items, it wouldn't hurt to drop an email and ask them if they would provide you discounts for your purchase. The store employees would be happy to offer you a coupon.
Depending on one store will do not do any good. You need to make your options clear. Cheap stores don't always provide great deals, nor do expensive stores provide high quality. Search for the brands that have a solid brand reputation online. Online markets also get reviews from popular buyers, so you'll get an idea of where you need to shop.
It is important to keep things organized when shopping online. Making a folder in your bookmarks bar and bookmarking all your favorite dresses can help. You can go through all of your bookmarked dresses and narrow that list down to find the perfect dress for yourself.
Buying dresses online comes with shipping problems. Also, fitting problems occur as well. So, to avoid this from happening, make sure not to order last minute. Last minute shopping is always a horrible idea. It is important to buy with reasonable expectations, so you will receive your cocktail dress on time. Buying last minute will cause an embarrassment for you. Some dresses get shipped from abroad. That's why you need to order at least 2 months before your party. So, even if it comes with fitting problems, you can easily get it all fixed before the party comes.
Casual clothes are what we wear when we go out on a daily basis. These are the clothes we are going to wear on a normal day where we do not have any professional work involved for which we have to dress up in professional clothing. Just because they are the normal clothes we would wear on a normal day that does not mean any clothing would fit this category.
The finest urban streetwear NZ can be your choice for casual clothing. There is nothing wrong with that as long as they have all the must have features of the casual clothing.
Any clothing item we choose has to be fashionable. That helps us to give a good look to ourselves. This does not require the clothing to have a flashy sort of fashion. Having a modest sense of fashion is alright. If you have access to a good shop which has all kinds of fashions for casual clothing you would have the chance to select a fashion that fits you. Since you will be spending money to buy this casual clothing it is good to buy something which comes with a good look and helps you to look good when using it.
Every casual clothing item you choose whether it is urban wear NZ or any other has to come in the right size. We have different sized bodies. That is why casual clothing also comes in different sizes. If you go to a good shop they are going to have casual clothing in all sizes from the kid sizes to large sizes for men and women. At such a place you will get a chance to select the casual clothing which fits your body in the most perfect manner.
When we are in casual clothing we should not feel uncomfortable or uneasy. Usually, the finest casual clothing is created to offer you comfort while wearing them. They are created with the best materials which are going to feel good on your body. At the same time, these materials are of high quality. That means the casual clothing which has used them are going to last long too.
Even the finest casual clothing brand in the market is going to be sold to you at a good price if you are buying it from one of the best shops there is.
Casual clothing with these features will help you to have a good experience when you are dressing up in them.
People live and earn for their enjoyment, relaxation and also to fulfill their dreams also. The main thing left apart from eating and sleeping is to make the soul happy by doing all the things of choice and desire. For having fun and enjoy every bit of life, there are many things to do in lots of ways. Listen music and arranging your steps on the beat is one of the incredible experiences among all. Either boys or girls, many of both the genders are choosing dance to enjoy the rhythm of life. There are many other ways to get relaxation, but music is the core of every enjoyment and to dance is also another fabulous work.
Lots of people are getting attracted towards dancing and are learning as well as creating many amazing moves for entertainment. Mainly girls are doing dance more than boys and greatly focus towards improving their moves with hard practice. Boys do dance also, but the attraction of girls towards dance is non-comparable. Anyways, to practice better dance you need to go to well trained choreographer and join the dance class. But, another thing that is more important during dance practice is the costume. The more comfortable the costume is the better practice will happen. And the well dress is designed the more encouragement will come. So to choose smooth, well fit dress with affordable price is more important. It is not a big deal or a stressful work to do as there are lots of cosi g dance wear available in the market as well as online also, you just need to shop as you fit from there.
Dance wear is made as per the dance theme.
It is well designed and gives comfort as well.
You can customize your own style dress based on your dance style.
To dress up as per music theme is most needed while dance in front of an audience for look as well as to understand the theme also. As it is the time of internet, there are many websites providing costumed dress as per your requirement. Making or buying dance ware from online is more profitable as you can get discounts on every item. There are lots of dance forms and each are having its type of dress style. One of the famous dance styles is aerobic style and it needs nice energetiks leotard that is also available online with discounts also. Choose the best website to shop your required dress and enjoy life with the step of music.


"Christmas Tree Topper, Tree Bow, Large Red and Lime Green Christmas Bow, Christmas Bow, Mailbox Christmas Bow" "If you are good at making bows then you can add festive holiday cheer to many different parts of your home."... Make sure you have enough wire left over to attach your ribbon to the tree. Fold bow in half at the floral wire. Push bow into tree and attach to the branch with floral wire.
21/03/2017�� Step by step directions on how to make a Christmas tree bow topper using wired ribbon for a 6' tree or taller. To make this bow you will need approx 50 yards of 2.5" wired ribbon, 7 - 18" 20 gauge To make this bow you will need approx 50 yards of 2.5" wired ribbon, 7 - 18" 20 gauge how to make a form in excel 2013 "Christmas Tree Topper, Tree Bow, Large Red and Lime Green Christmas Bow, Christmas Bow, Mailbox Christmas Bow" "If you are good at making bows then you can add festive holiday cheer to many different parts of your home."
Interior stylist Maxine Brady from the We Love Home lifestyle blog has given BBC Radio 5 Live her top tips on how to decorate your Christmas tree like a professional this year.


text:
use reqwest::Error as ReqwestError;
use serde_json::Error as JsonError;
use std::error::Error as StdError;
use std::fmt::Display;
use std::io::Error as IoError;
use std::num::ParseIntError;

/// Random.org API `Result` alias type.
pub type Result<T> = ::std::result::Result<T, Error>;

/// Random.org error code.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Deserialize)]
pub struct ErrorCode(pub u64);

/// Random.org response error definition.
///
/// If an error occurred, this member contains a service-specific error object with details
/// about the error. If no error occurred, this member is not included in the response.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Deserialize)]
pub struct ResponseError {
    /// A numeric error code that uniquely identifies the error type.
    pub code: ErrorCode,
    /// A string containing a human-readable error message in English suitable for printing in a
    /// log file or as part of an error message to be displayed to a user.
    pub message: String,
    /*
    /// Any values that the client needs to construct its own error message, for example in a
    /// different language than English.
    // pub data:
     */
}

/// Random.org API crate error type.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub enum Error {
    /// A `reqwest` crate error
    Reqwest(ReqwestError),
    /// A `serde_json` crate error
    Json(JsonError),
    /// A `std::io` module error
    Io(IoError),
    /// A parse number error
    ParseIntError(ParseIntError),
    /// A error common toornament service error
    RandomOrg(::reqwest::StatusCode, ResponseError),
    /// A generic non-success response from the REST API
    Status(::reqwest::StatusCode, String),
    /// A rest-api error
    Rest(&'static str),
}

impl From<ParseIntError> for Error {
    fn from(e: ParseIntError) -> Error {
        Error::ParseIntError(e)
    }
}

impl From<::reqwest::blocking::Response> for Error {
    fn from(mut response: ::reqwest::blocking::Response) -> Error {
        use std::io::Read;

        #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
        pub struct ErrorObject {
            error: ResponseError,
        }

        let status = response.status();
        let mut body = String::new();
        let _ = response.read_to_string(&mut body);
        if !status.is_success() {
            if let Ok(e) = ::serde_json::from_str::<ErrorObject>(&body) {
                return Error::RandomOrg(status, e.error);
            }
        }
        Error::Status(status, body)
    }
}

impl From<IoError> for Error {
    fn from(err: IoError) -> Error {
        Error::Io(err)
    }
}

impl From<ReqwestError> for Error {
    fn from(err: ReqwestError) -> Error {
        Error::Reqwest(err)
    }
}

impl From<JsonError> for Error {
    fn from(err: JsonError) -> Error {
        Error::Json(err)
    }
}

impl Display for Error {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
        match *self {
            Error::Reqwest(ref inner) => inner.fmt(f),
            Error::Json(ref inner) => inner.fmt(f),
            Error::Io(ref inner) => inner.fmt(f),
            _ => f.write_str(&self.to_string()),
        }
    }
}

impl StdError for Error {
    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
        match *self {
            Error::Reqwest(ref inner) => Some(inner),
            Error::Json(ref inner) => Some(inner),
            Error::Io(ref inner) => Some(inner),
            Error::ParseIntError(ref inner) => Some(inner),
            _ => None,
        }
    }
}


Most suits in this category are available to ship promptly; if not sold. You can build your own Original by combining bikinis you see; with any color or fabric of your choice.
I Love this hot Pink Fun!!
Classic black and Baby pink strings and stitching Swarovski Crystals shine like a star!


text:
package com.codeflowcrafter.PEAA;

import com.codeflowcrafter.PEAA.Security.IHashService;
import com.codeflowcrafter.PEAA.Interfaces.IIdentityMapConcrete;
import com.codeflowcrafter.PEAA.Interfaces.IIdentityMapQuery;
import com.codeflowcrafter.PEAA.Domain.Interfaces.IDomainObject;
import com.codeflowcrafter.PEAA.Security.HashService;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.UUID;

/**
 * Created by aiko on 3/5/17.
 */

public class IdentityMap<TEntity extends IDomainObject> implements
        IIdentityMapConcrete<TEntity>, IIdentityMapQuery<TEntity> {
    private List<Field> _identityFields = new ArrayList<Field>();
    private HashMap<UUID, IDomainObject> _guidToDomainObjectDictionary = new HashMap<UUID, IDomainObject>();
    private HashMap<String, UUID> _hashToGuidDictionary = new HashMap<String, UUID>();
    private HashMap<String, Object> _currentSearchDictionary = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    private Class<TEntity> _class;

    public IdentityMap(Class<TEntity> thisClass){
        _class = thisClass;
        _identityFields = GetIdentities();
    }

    @Override
    public int GetCount() {
        return _guidToDomainObjectDictionary.size();
    }

    private List<Field> GetIdentities()
    {
        Field []fields = _class.getDeclaredFields();
        List<Field> identityFields = new ArrayList<Field>();

        if((fields == null) || (fields.length < 1))
            return identityFields;

        for(int index = 0; index < fields.length; index++){
            Field field = fields[index];
            IdentityFieldAnnotation identityFieldAnnotation = field.getAnnotation(IdentityFieldAnnotation.class);

            if((identityFieldAnnotation == null) || (!(identityFieldAnnotation instanceof IdentityFieldAnnotation)) )
                continue;

            if((!field.getType().isAssignableFrom(String.class)) && (!field.getType().isPrimitive()))
                continue;

            identityFields.add(field);
        }

        return identityFields;
    }

    public IIdentityMapQuery<TEntity> SearchBy()
    {
        //Start new seach
        _currentSearchDictionary.clear();

        return this;
    }

    public <TEntityPropertyType> IIdentityMapQuery<TEntity>SetFilter(String keyToSearch, Object keyValue)
            throws NoSuchFieldException
    {
        String searchValue = keyValue.toString();
        Boolean found = false;

        for(int index = 0; index < _identityFields.size(); index++){
            if(_identityFields.get(index).getName().equals(keyToSearch))
            {
                found = true;
                break;
            }
        }

        if(!found)
            throw new NoSuchFieldException(String.format("Field '%s' is not found or not marked with 'IdentityFieldAnnotation'", keyToSearch));

        _currentSearchDictionary.put(keyToSearch, searchValue);

        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public TEntity GetEntity() {
        List<Object> values = GetValuesByFieldOrdinals_Search(_currentSearchDictionary);

        String searchHash = CreateHash(values);
        UUID foundGuid = (_hashToGuidDictionary.containsKey(searchHash)) ? _hashToGuidDictionary.get(searchHash) : null;

        if (foundGuid != null)
            return (TEntity)_guidToDomainObjectDictionary.get(foundGuid);

        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public List<Field> GetIdentityFields() {
        return Collections.unmodifiableList(_identityFields);
    }

    @Override
    public Boolean EntityHasValidIdentityFields() {
        return (_identityFields.size() > 0);
    }

    @Override
    public void ClearEntities() {
        _guidToDomainObjectDictionary.clear();
        _hashToGuidDictionary.clear();
    }

    @Override
    public void AddEntity(TEntity entity)
            throws IllegalArgumentException
    {
        if(!EntityHasValidIdentityFields())
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("'%s' requires declaration of 'IdentityFieldAnnotation' on primitive field(s) to use IdentityMap",
                    _class.getName()));

        String hash = CreateHash(entity);
        UUID systemId = entity.GetSystemId();

        if (!VerifyEntityExistence(hash, systemId))
        {
            _guidToDomainObjectDictionary.put(systemId, entity);
            _hashToGuidDictionary.put(hash, systemId);
        }
    }

    private String CreateHash(TEntity entity)
    {
        List<Object> values = GetValuesByFieldOrdinals_CreateHash(entity);

        return CreateHash(values);
    }

    private List<Object> GetValuesByFieldOrdinals_CreateHash(Object entity)
    {
        List<Object> values = new ArrayList<>();

        if (entity == null)
            return values;

        for (int index = 0; index < _identityFields.size(); index++) {
            Object valueObj = null;

            Field field = _identityFields.get(index);

            try
            {
                valueObj = field.get(entity);
            }
            catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {

            }

            if (valueObj == null)
                continue;

            values.add(valueObj);
        }

        return values;
    }

    private List<Object> GetValuesByFieldOrdinals_Search(HashMap<String, Object> seachMap)
    {
        List<Object> values = new ArrayList<>();

        if (seachMap == null)
            return values;

        for (int index = 0; index < _identityFields.size(); index++) {
            Object valueObj = null;

            Field field = _identityFields.get(index);

            if (!seachMap.containsKey(field.getName()))
                valueObj = null;
            else
                valueObj = seachMap.get(field.getName());

            if (valueObj == null)
                continue;

            values.add(valueObj);
        }

        return values;
    }

    private String CreateHash(List<Object> values)
    {
        StringBuilder hashSet = new StringBuilder();
        IHashService service = HashService.getInstance();

        for (int index = 0; index < values.size(); index++)
        {
            Object valueObj = values.get(index);

            hashSet.append(service.ComputeHashValue(valueObj.toString()));
        }

        String accumulatedHash = service.ComputeHashValue(hashSet.toString());

        return accumulatedHash;
    }

    private boolean VerifyEntityExistence(String hash, UUID systemId)
    {
        //Verify hash dictionary
        if ((hash != null) && (hash.length() > 0) && (_hashToGuidDictionary.containsKey(hash)))
            return true;

        //Verify guid dictionary
        if (_guidToDomainObjectDictionary.containsKey(systemId))
        {
            FixDictionaryAnomalies(hash, systemId);

            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }

    private void FixDictionaryAnomalies(String hash, UUID systemId)
    {
        //Anomalies found, possibly by change of primary key(s) values
        //Perform reverse-lookup
        List<Map.Entry<String, UUID>> inconsistentHashEntries = new ArrayList<Map.Entry<String, UUID>>();
        Iterator iterator = _hashToGuidDictionary.entrySet().iterator();

        while(iterator.hasNext())
        {
            Map.Entry<String, UUID> pair = (Map.Entry<String, UUID> )iterator.next();

            if(pair.getValue() == systemId)
                inconsistentHashEntries.add(pair);
        }

        //Update/Fix inconsistencies
        if ((inconsistentHashEntries != null) && !inconsistentHashEntries.isEmpty())
        {
            for(int index = 0; index < inconsistentHashEntries.size(); index++)
            {
                Map.Entry<String, UUID> entry = inconsistentHashEntries.get(index);

                _hashToGuidDictionary.remove(entry.getKey());
            }

            _hashToGuidDictionary.put(hash, systemId);
        }
    }
}


The popular Chipotle Mexican Grill chain appears to be having another rash of customers getting sick from its food.
According to the crowdsourcing website iwaspoisoned.com, Chipotle Mexican Grill has had another 38 customers reporting illnesses in the last seven days.
The most common symptoms reported are diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting.
Daughter and friends went to Chipotle Saturday 7/15: stomach pains and nausea started in morning Saturday 7/15: violently sick, puking, diarrhea, severe pain, overnight into Sunday. Friends ill as well with one friend also in ER. Sunday 7/16: Hospital visit for dehydration, nausea, pain Monday 7/17: severe pain, trauma pain This is the worst that I have ever seen. Severe food borne illnesses can cause long-term damage to the gastro-intestinal track. This was BAD!
The reports prompted Chipotle to close the store on Tuesday and sent its stock plummeting, according to the Washington Post.


I never got over that nightmare. I tried to tell Mrs. Harmon about it, but she proclaimed that I still wasn't over my parent's death. Like that made any sense.
As the weeks passed by, Caleb and Mr. Harmon got close. While Caleb, Mrs. Harmon, and I just became more distant from each other. Mr. Harmon never actually associated with me except for a "Hey!" and "How are you?" every now and then. I think Mrs. Harmon was just annoyed with me at this point. Caleb on the other hand, I didn't get why he didn't talk to me anymore. He didn't say hi or bye. He talks to the Harmons as if they were his best friends.
I didn't worry too much about them. Mrs. Harmon did buy me a phone and a laptop two days ago. She even got Abby's number for me. This made me feel less lonely. Abby and I texted time to time, but she never responded fast enough. Our conversations were dull and never fun. Everyone seemed happier without me, and I was just left alone to my miserable self.
Two months with the Harmon's now and things have just been the same routines for me, although Mrs. and Mr. Harmon have often been arguing. Why? No clue.
I've been super bored, and besides Abby, I had no one to talk to. When I'm outside, I often try to locate the abandoned house that was out in the distance back when Caleb and I first arrived. Whenever I saw it, I thought about going over there. It looked kind of cool.
I was in the garden when I heard a noise behind me. I turned around and to my surprise, saw Rosemary. She started watering some plants.
"How are you, dear?" she asked without looking at me.
I stood up and told her I was fine then tried to sneak back towards the house. I was going to tell Mrs. Harmon she was here but I changed my mind. I wanted to ask her some things. I walked back toward her.
She watered more plants and said sure.
"Do you know why that house down there is abandoned?" I asked.
"Well, there was an accident. His parents died there. They were murdered, to be exact," she said, paying attention to me now.
There was a moment of silence between us. "When you worked here, did anything ever strike you as odd?" I asked her.
"Yes, he did," she said.
Her statement shocked me and to be honest, frightened me as well. "What do you mean? Should I be worried?" I asked.
Mr. Harmon walked outside. I began walking away from Rosemary before I got into trouble for talking to her.
I stood there, looking at her as she left. Even though Mr. Harmon was looking in my direction, he didn't say anything. It was like he didn't even see Rose walking away. He stopped walking, stared at me with his hands on his hips, then walked back inside.
I stayed outside in the garden for the longest time. I just couldn't quite get over what Rose had said. What did she mean? Not much time for what? Being here was starting to creep me out. I didn't want to be here anymore. I wanted the cop car to just pick us up and tell us that our grandmother wanted us. But I knew that wouldn't happen.
Being in the garden was making me feel uneasy. That was when I decided to explore, but not around here, around Mr. Harmon's old house. I was pretty sure he wouldn't care. No one lived around them, so I had nothing to worry about.
Little did I know, I was walking right into trouble. Trouble way beyond my imagination.


These new G 1/4" 90 degree angle adapters are perfect for tight spaces and change the direction of your water input or output without affecting flow. With 360 degree rotary fitting on one end you can secure the connection yet still twist the direction of the fitting to any angle you desire. No more kinked tubing! These are the bomb!
super fittingen fijn in gebruik lekken niet zijn gewoon met de hand vast te draaien zonder te lekken.


text:
Fact Sheet · August 2011
California's 2011 Redistricting: The Commission's Final Plans
Eric McGhee
English PDF PDF en Español
California's districts, as drawn by the state legislature in 2001, prompted an ambitious reform effort.
After every new census, all states are legally required to adjust their voting district boundaries to make them equal in population and to meet certain requirements for minority representation under the Federal Voting Rights Act. In California, the state legislature has traditionally been responsible for initiating the redistricting process. In 2001, it adopted a set of sometimes contorted redistricting maps that prompted a decade of criticism and debate. The districts met the legal requirements but were drawn to protect incumbent legislators rather than to be politically competitive. In response, voters have placed responsibility for redistricting in the hands of an independent citizens commission. The members of this commission were chosen through a process designed to encourage impartiality and independence from the political establishment.
The commission's June 10 draft plans offered a larger number of competitive seats than the 2001 maps.
The commission released its first set of draft plans on June 10. These maps included a larger number of potentially competitive seats, defined as those that fall between a five-point registration advantage for Republicans and a ten-point advantage for Democrats (reflecting the fact that Democrats are less likely to vote and more likely to cross party lines when they do). Across the 173 seats in all three plans (Assembly, Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives), the number of competitive seats doubled, from 16 to 32. The maps also offered a slight benefit to Democrats, which was offset somewhat by the uncertainty of competitive seats and a general disregard for the electoral safety of sitting incumbents in either party.
The final plans also offer more competitive seats than the 2001 maps, but fewer than the June 10 draft.
The commission released its final maps on July 28. The plans once again include a larger number of competitive seats than under the maps from 2001: an additional two seats in the California Assembly (11 vs. 9), four in the California Senate (7 vs. 3), and six in the U.S. House of Representatives (10 vs. 4). Compared to the June 10 draft, there are five fewer competitive seats in the Assembly, the same number in the Senate, and one additional seat in the House.
The final plans also avoid partisan gerrymandering with the districts …
When a party seeks to gain advantage through redistricting, it usually does so in one of two ways. The first is to try to ensure that the disadvantaged party "wastes" votes on larger victory margins in the seats it wins, thus claiming fewer seats overall for the same number of supporters. There is little evidence of such an attempt in the commission's plans. The number of districts that at least lean Democratic in terms of registration is about the same in the Assembly (54 vs. 53 before) and Senate (29 vs. 28 before), although Democrats do "gain" six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives (39 vs. 33 before). Because the new Democratic-leaning seats are often competitive, the benefit for Democrats could easily prove elusive.
… or with the placement of incumbents in those districts.
The second common means of gerrymandering is to dislodge incumbents of the minority party, either by putting two or more of them into the same district or by dramatically changing the districts they hold, so that reelection becomes difficult. Under the final maps, Democrats are about as likely as Republicans to be drawn into seats with fellow partisans: 39 out of 112 Democratic incumbents (35%) have suffered this fate, compared to 20 out of 61 Republicans (33%). Moreover, the average loss of safety, as measured by party registration, is about the same for Republican and Democratic incumbents in the Assembly (-3% R, 0% D), Senate (-3% R, -2% D), and House of Representatives (-3% R, -3% D).
Sources: 2010 Registration numbers: California Statewide Database. District lines: California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Note: For current and proposed district maps, visit the California Citizens Redistricting Commission website at http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/maps-first-drafts.html.